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Synonym finder. 50 problem words & phrases. Writing - think simple now. Your Writing Featured On TSN? “All of us who enjoy Think Simple Now, are part of an invisible society, seeking to uplift their lives, and enhance the quality of living. Writing about our own experiences, and the lessons we drew from them, will bring this community even closer.” ~ Nirupama Naresh Think Simple Now (TSN) is a happiness community of people striving to live consciously. The stories we feature are extracted from real life—lessons and epiphanies to inspire and to remind us the important elements that make life beautiful. If you’ve been following our blog’s featured articles, or felt drawn towards our uplifting conversations on facebook, you may be interested in contributing an in-depth, self-reflective story of something you recently learned or discovered. Every featured article is sent to over 6000 email inboxes, to over 18,000 RSS readers, to over 13,000 facebook-ers, and is exposed to 350,000 monthly readers from the web.

Writing Guideline: Once you’re done writing. Love, Tina. Fiction writing exercises. Books to read for writing. Donald Miller I used to play golf but I wasn’t very good. I rented a DVD, though, that taught me a better way to swing, and after watching it a few times and spending an hour or so practicing, I knocked ten strokes off my game.

I can’t believe how much time I wasted when a simple DVD saved me years of frustration. I’d say something similar is true in my writing career. If you read these books, your writing will improve to the point people who read your work will begin to comment on how well you write. . • The War of Art by Steven Pressfield: This book is aimed at writers, but it’s also applicable to anybody who does creative work. Pressfield leaves out all the mushy romantic talk about the writing life, talk I don’t find helpful. . • On Writing Well by William Zinsser: Zinsser may be the best practical writing coach out there. . • Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott: Before becoming a literary superstar, Anne Lamott taught writing, and Bird by Bird is the best of her advice, broken up into chapters. Sixty second writer. Figment writing community.