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Apr 30, 2021

Writing Rough Drafts by Hand — like Hemingway

There’s a reason we write “thank you” notes and love letters by hand. I write the rough draft of almost everything by hand: fiction, client work, this post, all my notes. This week, after watching the first episode of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s Hemingway, I reread some of Hemingway…

Writing Tips

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Writing Rough Drafts by Hand — like Hemingway
Writing Rough Drafts by Hand — like Hemingway
Writing Tips

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Apr 14, 2021

Writing Tips from Sex and the City

This is where I call bullshit. CARRIE NEVER READS! Fresh out of shows to binge, my girlfriend and I are watching Sex and the City all the way through. It’s my first time watching the whole thing (okay, maybe second) and her chance to brush up on the one or…

Sex And The City

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Writing Tips from Sex and the City
Writing Tips from Sex and the City
Sex And The City

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Nov 28, 2020

Frozen Chosin as Seen from Quantico— “Make Peace or Die” Excerpt

An excerpt from my father’s memoir — Make Peace or Die: A Life of Service, Leadership, and Nightmares — in which he asks to be sent to war. In November, 1951, Charles U. Daly was at Quantico training to lead a Marine rifle platoon and thinking the Korean War would…

Korean War

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Frozen Chosin as Seen from Quantico, — “Make Peace or Die” Excerpt
Frozen Chosin as Seen from Quantico, — “Make Peace or Die” Excerpt
Korean War

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Nov 17, 2020

Dad on Jocko — Ep. 196 “Make Peace or Die”

Last year, Jocko Willink featured a conversation with my father and an early draft of Make Peace or Die on episode 196 of his podcast. Dad describes the experience in the epilogue : In the summer of 2019, I sat down with retired Navy SEAL and bestselling author Jocko Willink…

Jocko Willink

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Dad on Jocko — Ep. 196 “Make Peace or Die”
Dad on Jocko — Ep. 196 “Make Peace or Die”
Jocko Willink

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·Oct 29, 2020

Vive la Distance, Terrace Season in the Second Wave

The last days of the French summer that wasn’t Strasbourg, France: As France cautiously adjusts to the new normal, one summer tradition is ideally suited to social distancing guidelines: outdoor dining and drinking on terraces. Outdoor seating has long been a mainstay of the French dining experience. But as the…

Photo Essay

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Vive la Distance, Terrace Season in the Second Wave
Vive la Distance, Terrace Season in the Second Wave
Photo Essay

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Nov 7, 2019

The 5 Types of Posts in my Draft Folder — Learning from Abandoned Work

Looking back at some of these drafts, I wish I had used the energy I spent writing them to document my journey rather than describe a destination I hadn’t even reached. I currently have 44 unpublished drafts in Medium. I was browsing through them today to find something to post…

Writing

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The 5 Types of Posts in my Draft Folder — Learning from Abandoned Work
The 5 Types of Posts in my Draft Folder — Learning from Abandoned Work
Writing

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Oct 8, 2019

7 Books on Writing You Haven’t Read

“You can be cautious or you can be creative, but there’s no such thing as a cautious creative..” -George Lois I assume you’ve read Bird-by-Bird, The Elements of Style, and Stephen King’s On Writing, (all of which are incredible) so they aren’t on this list. Here are seven unsung gems…

Writing

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7 Books on Writing You Haven’t Read
7 Books on Writing You Haven’t Read
Writing

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Jun 22, 2019

If You Want to Write More, Track Your Writing

Yesterday I wrote about getting back in the habit of writing every day. One of the most powerful ways to build that habit is to track your writing. It’s simple: Keep a record of everything you write today. Do it every day for a week and see what you get…

Writing

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If You Want to Write More, Track Your Writing
If You Want to Write More, Track Your Writing
Writing

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Jun 22, 2019

How to Get Back in the Habit of Writing Every Day

3 pages every day is 1,095 pages per year This morning I woke up at 6:00, brewed my coffee, and wrote three pages of fiction by hand. It was my first time writing fiction in over a month. …

Writing

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How to Get Back in the Habit of Writing Every Day
How to Get Back in the Habit of Writing Every Day
Writing

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May 23, 2019

Photo Essay: The Singing Baker of Mougins

Christophe Boutes left school and became a baker to fund his musical education. Baking by morning, and studying music by day and night, he made two dreams come true. His La Mouginoise des pains Mougins has been featured in the Gault et Millau guide four years running, and he appeared…

Travel

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Photo Essay: The Singing Baker of Mougins
Photo Essay: The Singing Baker of Mougins
Travel

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Charles Daly

Charles Daly

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B2B Copywriter. Co-author of Make Peace or Die: a Life of Service, Leadership, and Nightmares (my dad’s memoir). https://www.makepeaceordie.com/

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