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Rescooped by Sarah McElrath from Scriveners' Trappings onto Feed the Writer |
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"Novelist Junot Díazis a Professor of Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is “a writer whose finely crafted works of fiction offer powerful insight into the realities of the Caribbean diaspora, American assimilation, and lives lived between cultures.”
"New York Times writer Sam Anderson recently interviewed him, and Diaz provides a number of helpful perspectives on creative expression, for any kind of artist."
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"While they probably couldn’t imagine it at the time, many of the world’s literary masters have offered up useful tips for writing blogs. Strip away all the technical aspects of blog ownership. Check out what these famous authors can teach you about running a blog."
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Sarah McElrath's insight:
This is great advice--and I love how the author adds the "What this means for you" 
timethief's curator insight,
January 22, 12:44 PM
Combine Steve Aedy's Writing Tips of Famous Authors with Leo Babuata's Learn from the Greats: 7 Writing Habits of Amazing Writers and you will have a winning combination. http://writetodone.com/2008/09/04/learn-from-the-greats-7-writing-habits-of-amazing-writers/
Mitchell Levy's curator insight,
January 26, 12:02 PM
Everything you blog doesn't have to be content you create. This is a great way to curate content. Delete the scoop?
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The difficulty lies in separating the editor from the creator.