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Writing, editing, design

Writing, editing, design

http://robertbohle.com/blog

Newspaper design, writing and editing are the focus of this one blog for my two sites: NewsDesignSchool.com and RobertBohle.com. I also blather on, er, share my thoughts, about anything media.

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  • Try to write? There is no try…

    Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 08:57 in writing, writers, writing discipline

    “Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.” — Yoda At the risk of channeling Yoda, I have been chafing a bit lately whenever I or anyone else says something like, I’m trying to write a ___________ (fill in the blank). It could ...

  • Fail or flail?

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 08:25 in words, twitter, fun!, tongue-in-cheek

    “Fail” and “epic fail” seem to be showing up more and more in the tweets I read. Both went viral on the web about a year ago and people assign the terms to both simple and catastrophic fumbles, stumbles and, of course, failures. According to ...

  • Steal this post: 3 things you must do now

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 07:32 in writing, writers, writing discipline

    As a writer and freelance editor and designer, one thing I am very good at is creative work avoidance behaviors. From checking my e-mail to hitting the kitchen for a snack to re-arranging my sock drawer, I’ve done them all. At least twice. That...

  • Muse-ings

    Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 07:16 in muse, the muse

    The Muse got off the couch long enough the other night to look over my shoulder as I flailed away at the keyboard trying to make cogent thoughts materialize from the flotsam and jetsam of my mind. I not only have brain damage, I think I have mind dam...

  • Dogs and people

    Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 07:43 in writing

    I am convinced that dogs and people are involved in much more of a symbiotic relationship than we might think. Of course, if you’re not one of the tribe of Dog People, the whole topic must seem weird to you from the start. I’ll try to exp...

  • Writing is like painting

    Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 07:48 in writing, writers, writing discipline

    And I hate painting. Well, actually it’s not so much the painting, it’s all the prep work. Scraping, sanding, spackling, repairing, ACK! It’s the same with writing, at least non-fiction. With fiction, you don’t need to worry s...

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