Tag: writing
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Create a text only animated GIF using Canva and Gimp
This post describes how to use Canva and GIMP to create an animated GIF file containing text only that can be attached to a tweet or uploaded into a Blog post. It’s only one of many ways to create an animated GIF. To walk through the process I’ve chosen to create an animated GIF composed…
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Four ways to convert a Word document for reading on an e-reader
Reading a document on an e-reader is an invaluable step in the review and editing process. Problems with the flow and structure of text are so much easier to detect on an e-ink screen, because you can approach the document with the objective eye of a reader rather than its author. So, what are the…
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What part of the writing process would you outsource to a co-author?
Last month, bestselling author Wilbur Smith announced a £15m six-book deal with Harper Collins. The deal’s most intriguing aspect is that Smith, who has just turned 80, will outsource some of the writing process to co-authors. As reported in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail, Smith will provide plot outlines and characters. He will be…
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Plan to get into the right state of mind for revision
Drafting and revision demand very different states of mind, so different that it’s tempting to want to hand the whole revision process over to someone else.
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Hemingway was right about that first draft
According to Ernest Hemingway, the first draft of anything is shit. Nine weeks and ninety-eight thousand words after starting my own first draft, I’ve managed to prove that he was completely right.