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		<title>I Paid For This?! Surviving the Editorial Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guest post by Lisa Kilian of What Not To Do as a Writer There comes a time in every writer’s life when the plot is adequately twisted, the characters are adequately developed, and all the typos have been eliminated with a laser gun. You think. Actually, you’re not sure if any of that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Helps YOU Be a Better Writer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jaksch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by MontanaRaven By Mary Jaksch As writers, we&#8217;re always trying to improve. Well, at least I am. Maybe you&#8217;re already perfect&#8230; I&#8217;d like us all to collect a list of everything that helps us to become a better writer. Please write in the comments what helps you, or what has helped you in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art vs. Craft Gap &#8211; a Writer&#8217;s Paradox</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jaksch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guest post by Larry Brooks If you want to see a room full of writers go ballistic, right up there with a lynch mob on the hysteria scale, tell them there really is a formula for writing a novel.  A list of elements and criteria that define the nature of the work. They probably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Tips (and a Bonus!) on How to Write a Fantastic About Page</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 09:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jaksch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By James Chartrand of Men with Pens If you&#8217;re going to put your words on public display, it&#8217;s your job to make that content compelling, intriguing, entertaining or informative. If it&#8217;s boring&#8230; well. Suffice it to say that very few readers are going to be interested. That&#8217;s why your About page has to be just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Tips to Avoid Being a Boring Writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jaksch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mary Jaksch Do you want to be a boring writer? No, of course you don&#8217;t! But how to avoid it? Do you sometimes read a piece that moves at an agonizingly slow pace? I do. Well, let me be honest here &#8211; I tend to read only the first paragraph, and then I put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Workshop: What are YOU writing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jaksch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo courtesy of moriza What are you working on right now: A bestseller? Your best article ever? A film script? Maybe you&#8217;ve just finished something you&#8217;re really proud of? Or you just can&#8217;t tell whether it should get a Pulitzer or be thrown into the trash? Here&#8217;s your chance to share and discuss with each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Rescue a Piece when You Write a Frankenstein</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jaksch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is by WTD Chief Editor Mary Jaksch Sometimes I write a Frankenstein piece. It looks fine until I notice that arms sprout where the legs should be &#8211; and unfortunately I forgot to attach a neck. I don&#8217;t always notice that straight away. Why? Because when I finish writing a piece, I&#8217;m in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Certain Ways to Crucify Your Content</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jaksch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo courtesy of e³°°° Chief Editor&#8217;s Note: This is a guest post from Shilpan Patel of Success Soul whose meteoric rise in the blogging world has attracted much attention. Have you ever met someone who instantly gave out a negative vibe? Have you visited a blog lately that gave you a feeling of being in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Secret Message does Your Writing Reveal?</title>
		<link>http://writetodone.com/2008/07/28/what-secret-message-does-your-writing-reveal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jaksch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Photo courtesy of fotologic This is a post by the new Chief Editor of WTD, Mary Jaksch I spent some time in the last few days studying Steve Pavlina&#8216;s articles. As I&#8217;m sure you all know, he&#8217;s a phenomenally successful blogger. His book Personal Development for Smart People has just cracked the Amazon top [...]]]></description>
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