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		<title>10 Brilliant Examples of How to Open Your Next Blog Post With a Bang</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 03:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the post title, the first few sentences of your blog post are certainly the most important part. Journalists call this critical introductory section the "lede," and when properly executed, it’s the bridge that carries your reader from an attention-grabbing headline into the body of your blog post. If you want to make sure you get it right, try one of these 10 methods to open your next blog post.]]></description>
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		<title>Believe This: There Are People Out There Right Now Just Waiting for You to Show Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Are you a born writer? Were you put on earth to be a painter, a scientist, an apostle of peace? In the end the question can only be answered by action. Do it or don’t do it. It may help to think of it this way. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Break Through Blogger&#8217;s Block With These 10 Creative Tactics to Generate Topics for Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You got the memo about blogging LOUD and clear. You know that blogging can improve traffic to your site, build lasting relationships and help convert those relationships into sales. You even know that you should consistently create new content and use that SEO stuff. But, what on earth do you write about each day? ]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: The Writer&#8217;s Brain and Overcoming Writer&#8217;s Block With Rosanne Bane</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Bigger Life Radio, I speak with Rosanne Bane (blog &#124; website). Rosanne is a writer and a creative coach who works with writers, entrepreneurs and other creative folks to help them overcome their resistance to being creative. She&#8217;s also the author of the upcoming book Around the Writer’s Block: Using Brain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Inspirational Quotes About Writing and Living the Creative Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Writing FAST by Jeff Bollow &#8220;And the reason you hate writing so much is because you start analyzing your work before you&#8217;re done pouring it onto the page. Your Left-brain won&#8217;t let your Right-brain do it&#8217;s job &#8230; Your Right-brain gets the words on the page. The Left-brain makes them sing.&#8221; From Escaping Into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How 750Words.com Reinvigorated My Morning Pages Writing Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For nearly a year, I’ve been doing Morning Pages, the daily writing practice originated by Julia Cameron in her book The Artist’s Way. Basically, your task with Morning Pages is to write 3 pages of stream-of-consciousness writing each day, first thing in the morning. If you’d like more info about the how’s and why’s of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stephen King&#8217;s Advice on Being a Writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who better to take writing advice from than Stephen King.]]></description>
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		<title>12 Tips on How to Become a Faster Writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Get Your Mind Right. Much has been written about the power of your mind to inspire or dis-empower you. I won&#8217;t say much more about it here other than to say your mind can be your biggest obstacle or your greatest ally as a writer. Holding onto thoughts like  &#8220;writing is a necessary evil&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Pages: 8 Lessons Learned</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is day four of the morning pages exercise. Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve learned so far. 1. Make Morning Pages a Priority I almost skipped morning pages today. It wasn&#8217;t something I consciously chose to do. I just let myself get side-tracked. I started surfing around reading other peoples&#8217; stuff, looking for inspiration, and before I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Make Writing Easier? Try Morning Pages.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Pollock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned yesterday, writing is often a chore for me. With that in mind, I&#8217;ve undertaken a new morning ritual called &#8220;morning pages.&#8221; Morning pages is a writing exercise devised by Julia Cameron and popularized in her book, The Artist&#8217;s Way. The morning pages exercise is designed to help you recover (or discover) your [...]]]></description>
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