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Ken Wasil

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I have written The Quick Style Guide for Writing for the Web and English Usage, A Great Escape: Short Stores for Travelers, Mr. Thoreau Goes to Boston, Rivers of Words, and African Safari for Women, and most recently,The Car of the Future and Other Stories.

I have taught English, creative writing, and cultural anthropology at universities in Asia. I began my writing career through penning proposals, product descriptions, and advertisements while a sales and marketing representative of computer products and services and for a major film industry magazine. I also wrote resumes and marketing literature while the branch manager of a writing company. I earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Ken Wasil I wrote on this topic in my book The Quick Guide for Writing for the Web and English Usage. I use brainstorming techniques such as "freewriting" to "m…moreI wrote on this topic in my book The Quick Guide for Writing for the Web and English Usage. I use brainstorming techniques such as "freewriting" to "move" through the blocks and get the words and energy flowing. In freewriting you writing continuously, letting the words flow without being concerned about grammar, spelling or editing.

I'll also take breaks from writing, a weekend at my favorite resort, or a vacation to a far off land where I get outside of myself and have a new perspective on my life and writing. (less)

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Ken Wasil The best part about reading for me is being taken on a journey to another setting and world. Authors such as Diana Gabaldan in the Outlander Series, J…moreThe best part about reading for me is being taken on a journey to another setting and world. Authors such as Diana Gabaldan in the Outlander Series, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens are masters at this.

To be able to create a reality like this and provide a vehicle for others to travel on is intensely rewarding.(less)

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey