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Posts Tagged writing process

On Avoiding Writing, P. J. O’Rourke

Sometimes it feels so nice to have a reminder that you are not the only writer who procrastinates. Right now I am balancing two Research Assistant jobs, my thesis writing/researching, household chores and errands, and planning my upcoming nuptials (we’ve decided to have a winter wedding!) - because I’m CRAZY.  I am in the habit [...]


My first post at Apt613

Trying my hand at more freelance blogging by becoming a contributor at Vegdaily and now the local Ottawa event blog Apartment 613 that writes about great, less-well-known events in this often underestimated Canadian capital.
My first post is about the new weekly Practical Pastry classes by Morsel Foods.  Weekly dessert classes that are vegan, fair-trade and [...]


The Cult of Done Manifesto

by Bre Pettis and Kio Stark:
The Cult of Done Manifesto

There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion.
Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.
There is no editing stage.
Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you [...]


Blogging on the Side: Freelance Positions But No Compromises

Well I’ve been working crazy amounts of overtime for my job as an Educational Technology Assistant. Specifically, we just started a new project with an instructor in which a class of around 100 students use a Wiki to format their final assignments. It’s been a whirlwind experiment, to say the least, and since [...]


Improving my writing Part I: Exploring Fear in the Writing Process

I am always looking for ways to improve my writing.  Part of the problem is my tendency to underestimate my own abilities, second-guess myself, and generally over-analyze.  In the process I make myself pretty spooked about writing major papers that have major consequences for my life.  I have come to realize that fear which might [...]