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Writing well, a great art

on June 28th, 2010 by Stefano Landi

In my most recent post I reviewed a book on beating writer’s block. In it the author writes about the importance of writing well. In fact, and perhaps I’m rather biased about this; but I hold the ability to write clear, concise and coherent sentences as one of the highest characteristics of which an individual [...]

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Beating Writer’s Block

on June 28th, 2010 by Stefano Landi

Some time back I wrote a small entry on getting around writer’s block, but never went into it in any depth. This time around I’d like to introduce you to a book I recently took out of the library on getting around writer’s block.
It’s from the Pocket Idiot’s Guide series and is entitled [...]

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Single Sourcing

on April 19th, 2010 by Stefano Landi

What is Single Sourcing? It is a technical writing philosophy that maintains that content should be ideally written in a non-specific way regardless of where it will eventually be used. One example might be the instructions for using a piece of software. The content of a printed document and the information contained in the online [...]

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Free Technical Writing Online Book

on April 19th, 2010 by Stefano Landi

I’m currently taking an online course and one of my fellow students sent this to the class discussion forum. It is a link to a Free Technical Writing book.
http://www.faculty.english.vt.edu/Collier/stc/
It seems to be very thorough, although a bit difficult to read as it is a serif font and isn’t formatted to be read online. I [...]

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Starting Out In The Evening

on April 16th, 2010 by Stefano Landi

I just finished watching a very poignant independently produced movie about the angst, turmoil, raw emotion that is writing. This blog post isn’t a movie review, far from it. What I would like to share with my readers this Friday evening is the deep sentiment that this movie brought out in me. It’s actually quite [...]

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Do I need to know a great deal about science to write science fiction?

on April 8th, 2010 by Stefano Landi

The question above was raised by a member of the writers’ association to which I belong. I found it a very interesting question and we debated it back and forth a bit, but I felt it never really came to a firm conclusion. My take on it is that, no, you need not be a [...]

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Writing update, free-writing, writer’s block

on March 14th, 2010 by Stefano Landi

I had originally begun this blog in an effort to share my own experiences in becoming a better, and hopefully, more prolific writer. So far my journey to become a writer has been slow going, it’s not because I’m not wanting to become a better writer, but it is more that I’m facing a kind [...]

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Writing begets more writing

on February 17th, 2010 by Stefano Landi

One of the things that I find most frustrating about my journey into writing is finding and keeping the motivation to write. I so often simply put things off or find excuses not to write. However, what I’ve also found is the more I write, read and edit my own works, the more I want [...]

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My writing buddy

on February 12th, 2010 by Stefano Landi

I’ve always said that having the right tools goes a long way to creating good work. Well, what better way to write than to have a buddy to keep you company and an eye on your work.

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Visuwords.com – Not your grandmother’s Thesauraus

on January 26th, 2010 by Stefano Landi

I’m always on the lookout for new and innovative ways to jog my creativity when writing. I always have my Thesaurus and Dictionary next to me, but there are times when I need to view how words relate to each other. A thesaurus is a great tool for this, but being a very visual person [...]

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