http://www.fontlitagency.com/blog/2008/04/25/five-keys-to-writing-excellence-by-orna-ross/ HOW TO: Get It Written... Get It Published... Get It Read... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:53:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.fontlitagency.com/blog/2008/04/25/five-keys-to-writing-excellence-by-orna-ross/#comment-2516 Kathleen Maher Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:59:57 +0000 http://www.fontlitagency.com/blog/2008/04/25/five-keys-to-writing-excellence-by-orna-ross/#comment-2516 Clarity is paramount, and as Bob D'Costa says, ultimately, the mark of a master. It sounds simple but finding a tight structure and equal ease, allowing no room for for misinterpretation takes a lifetime of practice, at least it will in my case. For others, I suspect everything must be easier. For I've always learned that trying too hard is another trap. Clarity is paramount, and as Bob D’Costa says, ultimately, the mark of a master. It sounds simple but finding a tight structure and equal ease, allowing no room for for misinterpretation takes a lifetime of practice, at least it will in my case. For others, I suspect everything must be easier. For I’ve always learned that trying too hard is another trap.

]]> http://www.fontlitagency.com/blog/2008/04/25/five-keys-to-writing-excellence-by-orna-ross/#comment-2514 Orna Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:04:23 +0000 http://www.fontlitagency.com/blog/2008/04/25/five-keys-to-writing-excellence-by-orna-ross/#comment-2514 Thanks for the kind comments Bob. You're so right about the reading. I read about three books a week -- and it always flabbergasts me when people say they want to write and then tell me they don't read. Thanks for the kind comments Bob. You’re so right about the reading. I read about three books a week — and it always flabbergasts me when people say they want to write and then tell me they don’t read.

]]> http://www.fontlitagency.com/blog/2008/04/25/five-keys-to-writing-excellence-by-orna-ross/#comment-2488 Bob D'Costa Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:27:06 +0000 http://www.fontlitagency.com/blog/2008/04/25/five-keys-to-writing-excellence-by-orna-ross/#comment-2488 Orna's tips are really masterpiece ones. As always, wide reading should go hand in hand. Religiously reading a minimum of 20 pages every day -- if not more -- is a good asset. One's own language then wells out from the diaghram of the mind and heart. And when that takes place, boy, there's no stopping. Orna’s tips are really masterpiece ones. As always, wide reading should go hand in hand. Religiously reading a minimum of 20 pages every day — if not more — is a good asset. One’s own language then wells out from the diaghram of the mind and heart. And when that takes place, boy, there’s no stopping.

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