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Friday, July 19, 2024
Fat Friday: Handsome Sam's Closet
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Monday, July 15, 2024
Who the Hell Said You Could Write?
I honestly thought I published this post three days ago. I think I'm losing what was left of my mind.
I can’t recall
I later learned that my father hoped I would become a professor of Middle English because of my early interest in the subject. I was a precocious
Scarier still, I
These days I find myself wishing I could
I can’t do that, though. I don’t have any sort of time machine or portal spell that will allow me to journey to the past and talk sense to my
I grew up in New Mexico. I learned to hate fire ants early on. I’m surprised I haven’t written a horror story about fire ants yet. Or maybe I’m not. I really don’t care
I’m
Word Nerd Bonus
If you'd like to see a comparison between the first draft of this post and the finished version, hop over to Readers Roost.
https://ornerybookemporium.blogspot.com/2024/07/shameless-self-promotion-inspiration.html
I removed 50 filler words and restructured sentences and paragraphs to enhance clarity and readability. Both versions of the post convey the same message, but the second one does so more efficiently.
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Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Insecure Writers Support Group 3 July 2024
July 3 question - What are your favorite writing processing (e.g. Word, Scrivener, yWriter, Dabble), writing apps, software, and tools? Why do you recommend them? And, which one is your all-time favorite that you cannot live without and use daily or at least whenever you write?
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I have Scrivener. It's a quality program, but I find it difficult to
As it happens, I
I discovered the benefits of AutoCrit's many free workshops and pro member
Follow my link to
QuickWrite isn't productivity software, but I use it often as an adjunct tool. I mostly use it for tasks such as generating title ideas (for some reason, I suck at this) or creating a story prompt for me to hone down all the wild ideas that start circulating in my head when the time comes to write a new story. You can check it out here and see if it can help you too.
~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~
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