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According to today’s infographic, writing can serve as a calming, meditative tool. Stream of conscious writing exercises, in particular, have been identified as helpful stress coping methods. Keeping a journal, for example, or trying out free-writing exercises, can drastically reduce your levels of stress. Via Christine Heine, AlGonzalezinfo, Lee Hall, Rui Guimarães Lima 
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Do you have to complete a piece of writing but are putting it off? A report, a blog article, or a letter? Are you finding that the moment you sit down to write, your mind seems to go blank? Crap! Writers block! What can you do about it?
Through practice and observation, I’ve gotten pretty good at getting past these blank moments, and this article shares some insights for unlocking your creativity. Throughout the article, I will be using writing as the example, but keep in mind that it is equally applicable to any creative activity.
Read more: http://bit.ly/KM38du Via Martin Gysler
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Better SEO Writing Just Scooped a great #infographic about SEO Writing that didn't mention some of my favorite tips or anything about "stop words" so I added 5 tips to the Scoop and wrote a quick ScentTrail Marketing post about Stop Words:
There is great news about the elimination of stop words. When you tune your writing to use shorter sentences, smaller paragraphs and reduces stop words your copy reads faster and so becomes more engaging. Win Win.
Via Martin (Marty) Smith
Kathy Lenard's curator insight,
May 1, 2013 11:26 PM
I sometime write long sentences; so when I saw these tips about the elimination of STOP words, I had to Scoop this. 
Martin (Marty) Smith's comment,
May 2, 2013 7:36 AM
Thanks for the Rescoop Kathy. Shortening your sentences, more Hemingway than Faulkner, can have positive impacts on SEO and visitor engagement. Marty
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Great information! Thanks to Elvira for telling me about it. :)
I've always said that keeping a journal is cheap therapy!
Massage your brain....
The power of putting pen to paper helps to make sense of a world increasingly filled with noise.