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Archives for November 2018

Click-Whirrr: Writing Without Fail

November 25, 2018 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

Writers’ block can be overcome by putting into practice a “click-whirrr routine” which, like Pavlov’s bell, tells your mind it’s time to write, and pulls out all the mental stops and blocks to let you do so. First, eliminate any immediate interruptions, both internal (check your messages, empty your brain of nagging things to remember by […]

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A simple cure for the apostrophe hiccup

November 13, 2018 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

One of the most common spelling mistakes is adding an apostrophe to the word “it” to make it possessive. Various autocorrect algorithms routinely introduce this mistake even if you’ve typed it correctly; the only autocorrect algorithm I know of that seems to leave it right is Grammarly, but don’t trust Grammarly to make it right […]

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