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How to Write Articles and Essays Quickly and Expertly (2006)

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Re: How to Write Articles and Essays Quickly and Expertly (2006)

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I find it hard to take seriously any "prolific writer" who doesn't take the time to proofread their work for typos before publishing.

This. I stopped reading at “lightening”.

Funny aside: I looked up the word “lightening” to ensure it wasn’t an alternate spelling or something. It’s not. Instead, it means:

> A drop in the level of the uterus during the last weeks of pregnancy as the head of the fetus engages in the pelvis.

Re: How to Write Articles and Essays Quickly and Expertly (2006)

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I find it hard to take seriously any "prolific writer" who doesn't take the time to proofread their work for typos before publishing.

There's an 80/20 to everything. I think that style is more preference so you can focus on getting your thoughts out without getting distracted. I think a detailed outline does the same thing.

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I find it hard to take seriously any "prolific writer" who doesn't take the time to proofread their work for typos before publishing.

Prolific, be definition, speaks to volume and not quality? How does proof-reading contradict?

I would say that his lack of quality (dropped T on The ;] Yes I saw them too ) is perhaps supportive of his ability to be prolific "[...]make your first draft, your final draft."

I understand that you are saying that quality of edit indicates quality of thought or insight to you.

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I find it hard to take seriously any "prolific writer" who doesn't take the time to proofread their work for typos before publishing.

This. I stopped reading at “lightening”. Funny aside: I looked up the word “lightening” to ensure it wasn’t an alternate spelling or something. It’s not. Instead, it means: > A drop in the level of the uterus during the last weeks of pregnancy as the head of the fetus engages in the pelvis.

> A drop in the level of the uterus during the last weeks of pregnancy as the head of the fetus engages in the pelvis.

The word lightening can also mean 1) to make something lighter or 2) the transfer of crude oil to a relatively larger tanker from a smaller in order to enter a port.

Re: How to Write Articles and Essays Quickly and Expertly (2006)

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I personally have found the article pretty informative as I can relate to the topic very well. Takes me enormous amount of energy to write something that's more than a few random sentences together. There is a well-known fear of public speaking and in my case it's more like a fear of public writing.

Still looking for an efficient way to break thoughts down into pieces and that's one way to approach it.

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I find it hard to take seriously any "prolific writer" who doesn't take the time to proofread their work for typos before publishing.

Prolific, be definition, speaks to volume and not quality? How does proof-reading contradict? I would say that his lack of quality (dropped T on The ;] Yes I saw them too ) is perhaps supportive of his ability to be prolific "[...]make your first draft, your final draft." I understand that you are saying that quality of edit indicates quality of thought or insight to you.

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