Sentences with phrase «being a writer does»

Being a writer doesn't exempt me from responsibilities to my husband and our sons (though it does permit frequent ordering of takeout).

Stop trying to act like being a writer doesn't matter to you and you'd be OK never making it happen.

The biggest problem is writers don't see their own mistakes.

Being a writer does not mean you have to handle technical side of things yourself.

Skills can be honed and improved upon and being a writer doesn't preclude you from being a savvy business owner, a clever marketing strategist or a social media crackerjack.

And so many who believed themselves to be writers did just that — to the detriment of those who actually can write.

Being a writer doesn't mean I'm not a voracious reader, too.

It was put in quotes because that's we writers do when we are distinguishing a particular word in a sentence.

Not exact matches

Translation scholar Peter Newmark explains that the translator has a duty to be faithful to the speaker or writer only in as far as their words do not conflict with material and moral facts as known - and they can express dissent if the text is likely to mislead the receiving audience.

As a result, it's becoming more common for condo boards to do whatever they want, says Rachelle Berube, LandlordRescue.ca writer and property manager.

CB «s writers also take you behind the scenes of Canada's most - profitable companies, to get an inside look at how a corporation becomes the best at what they do.

I assumed my boss changed my role because he didn't think I had chops as a writer, was unhappy with my performance, or otherwise preferred my team members over me.

«Your brain is wired not only to figure out where you sit in the professional and social pecking order against others, but to reinforce your position in that pecking order,» says writer Steve Errey, who continues: «When you get wrapped up in establishing or maintaining status, the moment your place in the hierarchy drops you're going to feel pretty horrible... Don't get into the status game — there are no winners.»

You should do what's best for you — for example, Entrepreneur staff writer Nina Zipkin spent a month trying to go to bed and wake up earlier (up by 6:30 a.m.), and found it wasn't for her.

Don't be too quick to commit, but if you're happy with the work being delivered, then it will be better to work with those who can supply consistent and predictable results than to try to find new writers to fit a mold.

In it, the NYT writer says that he and the media are complicit in Trump's rise, in part because many mainstream outlets gave him so much free coverage during the race, even when he didn't deserve it.

On Memorial Day weekend, Moghadam called his cofounders to let them know he'd heard from a writer at Gawker who was doing a post on his annotations.

A second group of participants judged the profiles, and the result was that profile writers thought the judges would like them more than they actually did.

There's a great line [from writer Robert Benchley]: «Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he's supposed to be doing at that moment.»

But many investors, advisers, and financial writers don't seem to be aware that the benefits of this widely accepted practise are often miniscule or even negative — as highlighted in analyses such as «Costly Harvest.»

It's not the kind of rallying cry that stirs the blood, but as Atlantic writer Rosie Gray said, we should probably just do our jobs — that is, report the facts, without fear or favor.

They do all this while dealing with temperamental writers who think their prose should never be changed and with even more temperamental editors who sincerely believe they are God's gift not only to journalism, but the universe.

You don't have to be a prolific writer to post articles on your blog.

They don't need to obsessively target the throng assembling daily to gobble up crime procedurals and zombies, and it's no coincidence that the programs selected to please a small, educated audiences are celebrated by the small, educated TV writers who ignore what everybody else is watching.

Torabi, a financial writer and TV correspondent, has a distinct style that is both engaging and informative, which can be difficult to do in the personal finance niche.

We'll take a look at some of them, from renowned fashion designer Vera Wang, who didn't design her first dress until she was 40, to writer Harry Bernstein, who authored countless rejected books before getting his first hit at age 96.

If your post doesn't look instantly appealing, your readers will click away before ever seeing how great your content is,» warns writer Ash Read.

Three, make sure you've read the writer's room notes from the night before and be the person who, when someone asks «what did we say?

Sanders praised the writer of Toy Story to Catmull, but Catmull was keen to point out the the beloved film didn't spring fully formed from anyone's head.

On making a good impression when you're new to an organization «If you're new in a writer's room, and you don't know what to do or say: One, be the person who holds the marker and stands at the board.

«It's difficult to explain what Color does with a bullet list of features,» admits TechCrunch writer Jason Kincaid, who spends over 1000 words on the task.

You can do a lot for your PR strategy simply by compiling a list of the writers who are focused on, and more importantly, genuinely interested in your space.

When I set out my 2014 to - do list (I don't set goals), getting published as a writer was at the top of it (and I have no idea why because I had never written anything before).

I didn't want to be that kind of writer.

Whether you're a leader, writer, athlete, parent, «employee» — the what doesn't matter.

And don't dismiss the idea of picking up the phone first and trying to directly reach an editor or associate editor, depending on the size of the media outlet, especially if you've identified more than one writer who would be appropriate for your story.

He doesn't write the longest books, nor is he the most prolific writer in the world.

«American Sniper» writer - producer Jason Hall revealed to People magazine that Cooper «was eating about every 55 minutes» and that «he was determined to do it naturally, he didn't want to use any hormones or steroids or anything.

Slater is a fine writer with a breezy style and he did some good digging to serve up some substantive fare.

«People don't like to be manipulated, and they'll find out eventually,» says David Teodorescu, a UX designer and writer who has analyzed the psychology of scarcity.

Outlining classic research from the 1970s and 80s done by a team out of Yale on the subject, Konnikova explains that after months of interviews and a barrage of psychological tests, the researchers «found, unsurprisingly, that blocked writers were unhappy.»

Writer Stephanie Huston says her thinking that she didn't have enough time turned out to be a lame excuse.

«I'm a writer, so doing videos is new to me.

There can be no talent strategy without a compelling business strategy,» says Bill Taylor, an HBR writer, cofounder of Fast Company and the author, most recently, of Simply Brilliant: How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways.

That meant that all the cold calls were written by real people, professional freelance writers who could do things like add a reference to the person's home town or hobbies and such.

And then the writers strike hits and it falls apart: Marty and Leo go off and do Shutter Island, and I'm devastated.

How we came to do this is a twisting tale that science writer Maryn McKenna elegantly unspools in her extraordinary new book, Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats, which was published in September.

Thomas points out that, not only does this natural ebb and flow sound delightful, it also results in an impressive level of productivity (a book a year is a hefty output by any writer's standards).

Although he did recover financially, Twain was always a much better writer than he was an entrepreneur and investor.

In our first chat — which was free, by the way — he pointed out that defining myself as a writer doesn't come close to describing my value.