Headings Help to keep track of what is where

Can be deleted before the nal dra[

Help navigate the text with Document Map

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Print-out See (some of) the text in one go

Rework bits without the seduc+on of edi+ng

Dierent media aord dierent ways of working (hands-on)

See links between parts

To-and-fro between screen and print

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Mul+ple desktops Dierent sec+ons on dierent desktops

On Mac

computers

Move between sec+ons easily

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Write for the ear Read aloud what youve wriCen

If it sounds wordy or confusing, it is.

No+ce errors or inappropriate language we dont see when we read.

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Disconnect Unplug the internet router or use a type writer to focus on wri+ng, without the net.

Make a conscious decision to plug back in when you need to.

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Stand up Change your wri+ng posi+on

Write standing up, like: The Duke of Wellington Gunther Grass Ernest Hemmingway Winston Churchill

Write in the studio

S+mula+ng environment

Increased muscle ac+vity can s+mulate blood ow can have a posi+ve impact on cogni+on

but also Donald Rumsfeld!

Change your wri+ng loca+on

A fresh loca+on can trigger fresh thoughts or connec+ons

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Free write

Write non-stop Without edi+ng In sentences

For no-one, only you

Throw it away a[erwards, if you want

For a set amount of +me

Dont know what to write? Write I dont know what to write un+l something comes

Keep the wri+ng moving, dont hesitate You can review it a[er youve nished

Iden+fy what to freewrite on

a dilemma you are facing

a new sec+on of your text an email to a supervisor

a personal reec+on

a character in a narra+ve

It could be

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Free write Good for:

Gekng started, at the beginning of the day

Reec+ng on progress at the end of the day

Gekng stu down

Focusing thought

Ignoring doubt

Wri+ng what you REALLY think

Avoiding prevarica+on

Finding new language, ways to say things

A momentary change of focus/thinking style

Maintaining/ genera+ng coherence Comba+ng writers block

Developing a wri+ng habit

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To book a mee+ng about your wri+ng, email

p.thomas@mdx.ac.uk

Peter Thomas