January 4, 2010
Here's an exercise that will interest serious writers, and enhance their insight: Write abstracts of magazine articles. This is something I do regularly.
The challenge involves taking an article, one that normally ranges from 1,000 to 3,000 words, and condensing it into a few hundred words. That means I need to get the essence of [...]
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December 31, 2009
I go through an interesting writing exercise regularly: I take magazine articles and write abstracts of them for newsletter clients.
The challenge involves taking an article, one that normally ranges from 1,000 to 3,000 words, and condensing it into a few hundred words. The central point of the article should be now be apparent, and [...]
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