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Writer's Boot Camp: 12 Tips to Becoming A Better Writer

You’ve made it. Phew. Final day of Writer’s Boot Camp Week. [Tweet this]

I knew you could do it. All three of you who survived.

This week we’ve covered:

In today’s final post, I wanted to offer some practical tips on becoming a better writer. You may have heard some of these ideas or themes earlier this week. But here they are as a quick reference guide.

Remember that if you want to become a better writer, you must write—typos and all. [Tweet this]

Here are 12 tips to becoming a better writer: [Tweet this]

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I’ve always struggled with being a little different from everyone else. My story never seemed to sound like everyone else’s story. Let me give you an example.

Sometimes people will ask me, “Where do your parents live?”

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I recently sat in a meeting at a mega church preparing with the leadership team for the service. Instead of simply introducing me as the speaker and providing a quick bio or short story, they wanted to interview me so the church members could get to know me better.

Most of the questions were easy-peasy. Where are you from? What’s your favorite pastime? Tell us about Hershey.

Then the interviewer asked, “If you could swim in a huge pool of anything, what would it be?”

Most of you probably already know your answer to that question.

I was completely stumped. “What do you mean?” I asked.

“Like a pool of jellybeans,” she explained.

Oh. I’d like to swim in a pool of water.

Can you hear the thunderous gong? How about the loud buzzer? Can you see the crane pulling me off stage?

For those of us who aren’t good on our feet, someone will say something snappy, and we’ll have a witty comeback . . . three days later. Sometimes the simplest questions, comments, and interactions throw us for a loop.

Ask me to “wing it” and I splat on the ground. Guts everywhere.

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leadership for womenOver the years I have met many fantastic women leaders. I lean forward to hear their every word and am always grateful to spend a spare hour with them over a cup of coffee or on a walk. I have also met some not-so-great women leaders. I try not to wince as their shrill voice cuts across an audience and am a little relieved when I can escape. How can you ensure you fall into the first category and not the second?

Watch out for these seven ways you can damage your leadership as a woman:

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I’ve been knee-deep in edits for the Wonderstruck book and Bible study over the last three months. And one of the biggest challenges for my beloved editors is distinguishing the grammar rules broken by accident versus those which are intentional.

Why? Because when writing, I’m a rule breaker.

Now in writing, different types of rule breakers exist:
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