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	<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Words and phrases to avoid</title>
		<link>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/07/04/words-and-phrases-to-avoid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
  Aren&#8217;t these just buzzwords that dumb people use to sound important?   &#8212; An unnamed writer for the Krusty the Klown Show


I&#8217;ve been in a bit of a testy mood this last week. A variety of reasons for that, but I&#8217;ve managed to keep it under the surface. Well, at least for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confusing your readers</title>
		<link>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/07/02/confusing-your-readers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s nothing worse than prose that confuses. Good non-fiction writing is supposed to explain, clarify, entertain, and educated. The same can be said for fiction, too, I assume. But sometimes writing just confuses readers.

This post looks at the ways in which you can confuse your readers. Chances are you&#8217;ve read examples of writing like that. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing a book using Google Docs</title>
		<link>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/30/writing-a-book-using-google-docs/</link>
		<comments>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/30/writing-a-book-using-google-docs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I make no secret of the fact that Google Docs is one of my favourite tools for writing. It&#8217;s easy to use and convenient &#8212; no matter where I am or whether I&#8217;m using Linux or Windows (sorry, haven&#8217;t gone Mac yet), I get the same interface and features. If and when I need to, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing a lot, in a hurry</title>
		<link>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/27/writing-a-lot-in-a-hurry/</link>
		<comments>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/27/writing-a-lot-in-a-hurry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tips]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/?p=519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been known to bang out decent (and better-than-decent) work in a hurry. Like what? I&#8217;ve written 1,200 word articles in 45 minutes, and have on several occasions plowed through a week&#8217;s worth of blog posts (for three blogs) in just over an hour.

But all that pales in comparision to what Laura Spencer recently did. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give them something more than words</title>
		<link>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/25/writing-about-wikis/</link>
		<comments>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/25/writing-about-wikis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[career]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/?p=518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As freelance writers, we tend to think in words. For obvious reasons: without words, we can&#8217;t write. If we can&#8217;t write, then we can&#8217;t make a living.

But there&#8217;s more that we can offer client, according to this article. Even if you&#8217;re not the most visual person (I know I&#8217;m not!), you can still expand your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Because we can doesn&#8217;t mean we must</title>
		<link>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/23/because-we-can-doesnt-mean-we-must/</link>
		<comments>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/23/because-we-can-doesnt-mean-we-must/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[freelance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this space, I frequently talk about being untethered. I admit that I my wireless notebook computers are a boon &#8212; they allow me to work anywhere, while keeping me connected to the Internet.

But, to be honest, I&#8217;m a reluctant mobile phone user. I have one, but it&#8217;s nothing fancy. It makes calls, can send [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A (writing) room of one&#8217;s own</title>
		<link>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/20/a-writing-room-of-ones-own/</link>
		<comments>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/20/a-writing-room-of-ones-own/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A little while back, I stumbled across this piece at the Guardian Online. It looks at the rooms in which a number of British writers &#8212; past and present &#8212; have plied their craft. It&#8217;s an interesting mix of spaces, that&#8217;s for certain.

I have to admit that I&#8217;m partial to the rooms used by John [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research, research</title>
		<link>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/18/research-research/</link>
		<comments>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/18/research-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day, I was idly leafing through my copy of The Copywriter&#8217;s Handbook when one heading really leaped out at me: Become a research fanatic. The thrust of that section of the book was that in-depth research brings more credibility to your writing. To quote the book:


  [W]hen copywriters don&#8217;t bother to dig [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing with a wiki: an update</title>
		<link>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/16/writing-with-a-wiki-an-update/</link>
		<comments>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/16/writing-with-a-wiki-an-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/?p=514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months back, I wrote in this space about an experiment with writing with a wiki that I was going to undertake. Well, I actually started the experiment and stuck with it. And it&#8217;s going pretty well. Here&#8217;s an update.



Getting going

I chose DokuWiki for my experiment. Why? It&#8217;s simple, easy to install, and has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing distilled, in around 1,000 words</title>
		<link>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/13/writing-distilled-in-around-1000-words/</link>
		<comments>http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/06/13/writing-distilled-in-around-1000-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[All advice should be simple. This is especially true for writing advice. And Dustin Wax has done a great job of distilling the keys to writing in this blog post.

He offers 16 succinct pieces of advice that every writer &#8212; beginning or experienced &#8212; should follow. I&#8217;ve covered a few of those in this space, [...]]]></description>
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