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Writing Assignment: Recall Yourself At Another Age

10.01.2010 blogging

If your goal is to become a better writer, you need to practice. Here’s your writing assignment for today: Recall yourself at another age. Our personal journey, the transformation from who we were to who we now are is both important to ourselves, and when told well, interesting to others. Writers need to be  keen observers [...]

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Writing Assignment: Describe Yourself

06.18.2010 The life of the mind

If your goal is to become a better writer, you need to practice. Here’s your writing assignment for today: write a short piece describing your physical appearance. Description is a key skill for writers to master. Turning your powers of observation on yourself, being able to honestly and accurately provide a picture of how you [...]

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Writing Assignment: Capture An Early Memory

06.11.2010 writing

If your goal is to become a better writer, you need to practice. Here’s your writing assignment for today: write a short paragraph describing an early memory. Memory is one of the writer’s most important tools. Being able to explore one’s own memories and to use them to give depth and details to one’s work [...]

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Writing Assignment: Factual Reporting

04.30.2010 Books and Literature

If your goal is to become a better writer, you need to practice. Here’s your writing assignment for today: write a short report accurately describing an event. I have never read a news report or story that I’ve had any connection with that fully and accurately conveyed the event. Why is that? Because writing about [...]

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Writing Assignment: Describing Sound

04.23.2010 Social Media

If your goal is to become a better writer, you need to practice. Here’s your writing assignment for today: write a short description focusing what you are currently hearing*. Sound is one of the more difficult senses to relate in writing. Sound envelops us, even when we limit our other senses. Close your eyes and [...]

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