Comments on: Improving your Writing http://pigpog.com/2008/01/01/improving-your-writing/ Thu, 17 May 2012 16:30:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sacha Chua http://pigpog.com/2008/01/01/improving-your-writing/comment-page-/#comment-623 Sacha Chua Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-623 <p>Thanks for sharing these with us! Very handy. =)</p> <p>By the way, the reading tip actually comes from Clair Ching (http://clair.free.net.ph), who is totally cool.</p> Thanks for sharing these with us! Very handy. =)

By the way, the reading tip actually comes from Clair Ching (http://clair.free.net.ph), who is totally cool.

]]> By: pigpogm http://pigpog.com/2008/01/01/improving-your-writing/comment-page-/#comment-629 pigpogm Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-629 <p>Damn, there goes several more hours. I'd just got over my Emacs problem, and now I've got it running again, and I'm reading assorted things that Clair linked to. That ebook on Emacs for Writers looks interesting. That's one to add to the <a href="http://pigpog.com/node/1948">Text Editors for Writers</a> page, I think.</p> <p>(Oh, and no, I don't think you think too much. Thinking isn't a bad thing.)</p> <p>...ah, I've just spotted that Clair Ching is the same person as 'eclair', and I linked to her post with screenshots of PlannerMode in my <a href="http://pigpog.com/node/1974">post on Emacs PlannerMode and GTD</a>. Most of that article was inspired and enabled by you, though, so thanks for all your blogging about Planner and all your work on it and the related bits.</p> Damn, there goes several more hours. I’d just got over my Emacs problem, and now I’ve got it running again, and I’m reading assorted things that Clair linked to. That ebook on Emacs for Writers looks interesting. That’s one to add to the Text Editors for Writers page, I think.

(Oh, and no, I don’t think you think too much. Thinking isn’t a bad thing.)

…ah, I’ve just spotted that Clair Ching is the same person as ‘eclair’, and I linked to her post with screenshots of PlannerMode in my post on Emacs PlannerMode and GTD. Most of that article was inspired and enabled by you, though, so thanks for all your blogging about Planner and all your work on it and the related bits.

]]> By: Chris Hansen http://pigpog.com/2008/01/01/improving-your-writing/comment-page-/#comment-664 Chris Hansen Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-664 <p>A great list, this. Thanks!</p> <p>I followed the link to Neil Gaiman's essay on discovering ideas and found that it has moved - here is the new location:</p> <p>http://www.neilgaiman.com/exclusive/essays/essaysbyneil/ideasessay</p> <p>Just thought you'd like to know...</p> <p>chris</p> A great list, this. Thanks!

I followed the link to Neil Gaiman’s essay on discovering ideas and found that it has moved – here is the new location:

http://www.neilgaiman.com/exclusive/essays/essaysbyneil/ideasessay

Just thought you’d like to know…

chris

]]> By: pigpogm http://pigpog.com/2008/01/01/improving-your-writing/comment-page-/#comment-665 pigpogm Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665 <p>Thanks, Chris, that's fixed now. Thanks for letting us know about it.</p> Thanks, Chris, that’s fixed now. Thanks for letting us know about it.

]]> By: Mike Shea 2 http://pigpog.com/2008/01/01/improving-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-666 Mike Shea 2 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-666 <p>One book I particularly liked on top of my copy of Strunk and White was Stephen King's On Writing. It has a lot of good and practical tips on top of being extremely entertaining.</p> <p>The other reference, more for editorial writing, is George Orwell's Politics and the English Language:</p> <p>http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm</p> <p>Great stuff!</p> <p>Mike</p> One book I particularly liked on top of my copy of Strunk and White was Stephen King’s On Writing. It has a lot of good and practical tips on top of being extremely entertaining.

The other reference, more for editorial writing, is George Orwell’s Politics and the English Language:

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm

Great stuff!

Mike

]]> By: pigpogm http://pigpog.com/2008/01/01/improving-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-667 pigpogm Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-667 <p>Thanks, Mike - you reminded me of one of the best articles on writing I've read, by Stephen King. So I went searching for it, and found it on your site. Linked!</p> Thanks, Mike – you reminded me of one of the best articles on writing I’ve read, by Stephen King. So I went searching for it, and found it on your site. Linked!

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