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Ever wondered or cared what I read in the mornings?

That covers most everybody.

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Oh, as an Aside: The most important writing tool I own: a notebook. (From the 24th of February)

Bloggers by definition are writers. They may not write stories, but they write enough to fill many books. It doesn’t matter whether you blog about yourself or random and esoteric topics that only matter to you (cough: guilty). You are still a writer. If you write about yourself, you are writing an autobiography. If you write about current events, you are a journalist. If you write anything at all, you are a columnist, a historian, a science writer, or whatever title you want. You may not get paid a lot, but you are still a writer — most writers out there just gasped and said, “Yah right, like I do?” If you still don’t believe me, I am the self-appointed authority and I hereby declare you a writer, so don’t argue the point.

As a writer, the thoughts and ideas that flit around your head are the most important things you own. Random thoughts become great works of art …

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8 Tips for Improving the Content of Your Writing

The content of writing is separate from style and structure because content is what you write not how you write. The following tips apply just as well to academic essays as to blog posts, so feel free to cherry pick the suggestions that apply best to your writing.

  1. Pick an an interesting, significant topic.

    Too many times posts are done on something insignificant or unoriginal. It doesn’t really matter if you write a gorgeous tutorial or a powerful, inspiring and riveting essay if it just explains something most people already know about. Similarly, it doesn’t help to write about issues that very few people have an interest in unless you are writing it solely for your pleasure.

    The biggest problem though is when people write about general topics that they have no real knowledge of and don’t say anything new about.

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