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Creativity

Words Become Things

I am sure you are familiar with the phrase “thoughts become things”. Well, if you think about it, transferring your thoughts into words on the page has the effect of storing your thoughts on paper, on computer or on the web such that others can pick them up.

In my book Blocks, I describe [...]

Creativity

Four Fears, Talent & Time – #005 – Talent

The 6 things that stop people writing
Part #005: Lack of Talent

This is probably the trickiest of all the six things that stop people writing as it’s the most subjective.

For example, one person might love what you write and another loathe it. The former will appreciate your talent and the the latter think you don’t possess an [...]

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Simple ways to improve your vocabulary

The mind and brain is like any other part of our body – use it and it either stays in shape or improves – abuse it or ignore it and it will atrophy.

Words and vocabulary are the essential raw materials for a writer.

In the English language especially,  we are blessed with a rich repository of words. [...]