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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- Dec 7, 2020
- 3 min
A [Holiday] Miracle - Reading Between the Lines
It was [ number ] day(s) before [ holiday ], and [ name of person in room ] didn’t know what to do.
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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- Nov 16, 2020
- 2 min
Things Lead to Things: A Pep Talk
This advice comes in a thousand different flavors: If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. The world is run by those who show up. You ...
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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- Jul 29, 2020
- 3 min
Don’t Kill Your Darlings . . . Save Them for Later
There’s an old piece of writing advice that says, “Kill your darlings,” but I say, "Let your babies grow up."
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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- Jul 13, 2020
- 3 min
“To Social Distance” - A Verb For Our Times
By turning “social distancing” (noun) into “social distancing” (verb), we are saying that this is something new.
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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- Jun 29, 2020
- 3 min
Grammarians for Social Change!
The moment you think you have language figured out, nailed down, and fully contained in neat little rules, you are in dangerous territory.
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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- May 23, 2020
- 8 min
The Before and After Effect
I am irrevocably lurching towards the “After,” and so are you. We can’t go backwards, so let’s take a minute to plan a route out of here.
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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- Jan 30, 2020
- 3 min
How to Succeed By Ignoring Advice
I'm not saying that you shouldn't seek advice. You should. But I suggest that you learn how to take advice and how to ignore it.
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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- Jan 16, 2020
- 4 min
Writing Email is Writing
As with any kind of writing, you are making choices about the tone, content, and structure of your emails. Why not make good choices?
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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- Dec 9, 2019
- 4 min
Variety is the Spice of Life . . . and Writing
Whether in an email, a speech, a proposal, a short story, or a research report, repetitious sentence structure can come off as monotone.
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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- Nov 10, 2019
- 3 min
Location, location, location: writing structure
What good is finding just the right word if no one notices it?
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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- Oct 17, 2019
- 7 min
Taking a Tone
There is no such thing as writing without a tone, but the tone can be confusing or jumbled.
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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- Oct 1, 2019
- 2 min
Do a Writing Exercise, Break a Sweat
There's something about the rhythm of a body in motion, the intake of breath, the dynamic flow of scenery as you go.
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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- Sep 20, 2019
- 4 min
First Drafts: A Parable
Experienced writers know what to do with first drafts: step back, get the big picture, make a plan. Then get back in there!
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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- Sep 11, 2019
- 3 min
Rhetoric Sells
In (good) advertising, every image, every note, every word is purposeful.
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M. Christine Benner Dixon
- Sep 8, 2019
- 2 min
How to Verb Better
Imagine that someone reduced your writing to its verbs alone. What would they see?
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