Click surprise happens whenever you click on a link and get something other than what you were expecting. In the ecommerce world this happens far too often.
Eight Common Technical Documentation Writing Problems
This happens all the time on technical projects. Bad information gets passed down the line and sometimes even verified by people who got the same wrong information as you did. All you can do to fix it is check, double-check, and hope.
How to Overcome a Fear of Making Requests
Building a writing career requires making requests from people you know and people you don’t know. Fear of strangers is one of the most common fears in the world. One of the best ways to reduce your fear of rejection is to properly prepare for the conversation.
Negative Self Talk for Writers: Shoulding
Shoulding occurs when you dwell on the things that you or others should or should not have done. This often happens when you are unhappy with the outcome of a situation, but can even come when you have gotten the results you wanted, but still second-guess your actions, methods or behaviors. For writers this can
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Blogger TMI
Article by Marie Ann Bailey To overshare or not to overshare! That is the blogger’s question. Whether ’tis noble to suffer the slings and arrows from TMI . . . The new buzz word is overshare, but a quick Google search will show that it’s just a new handle for TMI, or “too much information.”
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ZenHabits.net is now Public Domain, how about Poewar?
As you may recall from my recent kerfuffle with procopywriters.com, I tend to get upset when I see people reusing my site content without my permission, especially if they are using it for profit. This is for a three reasons. I feel I have the right to profit from my work without having to compete
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Step Two for a Great New Year of Writing: Set a Writing Schedule
A writing schedule will help get you on track for the new year. Writers work better with a schedule. You don’t have to be a highly organized person to create a writing schedule. You don’t even have to organize the rest of your life. You simply have to set aside a time to write. Depending
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