List: Short Bits from Melinda Crow | Curated by Melinda Crow

Aug 23, 2021
28 stories
Short Bits from Melinda CrowGot a sec? This is a collection of my short-form writing on Medium. Hopefully you'll find a nugget or two in the mix.
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
Have you played with the lists feature yet?
Jul 19, 2021
Jul 19, 2021
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Short Shots City
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Melinda Crow
My favorite inspirational speaker has always been Zig Ziglar.Favorite quote:
Dec 4, 2020
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Dec 4, 2020
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Short Shots City
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Melinda Crow
Write tight gets it right.I am all about analyzing the details of how words fit together on the page and the effects we as writers create with each syllable, and am…
Dec 5, 2020
Dec 5, 2020
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Short Shots City
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Melinda Crow
Produce way more content with templates.I can see your nose turning skyward just a tiny bit. I know you think your creativity shouldn’t be constrained. Your words should flow…
Dec 6, 2020
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Dec 6, 2020
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
Short-form posts are possibly the best way to share the work of your fellow writers.So why is that important? Because when you support other writers by reading their work and sharing it with others, magic happens.
Dec 8, 2020
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Dec 8, 2020
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Short Shots City
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Melinda Crow
I never set out to write about writing, but once I realized I had been doing it for more than 30…One of my earliest stories about writing has a tendency to pop up in notifications (and in my stats) on a regular basis. I re-read it on…
Dec 9, 2020
Dec 9, 2020
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
There’s a mountain lion wandering around the woods of North Texas.It’s been caught on game cams twice and the mere thought of it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. That’s a primal reaction…
Dec 12, 2020
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Dec 12, 2020
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
Inspiration is absolutely everywhere.But you have to train your brain to look for it everywhere. It’s a necessary skill for travel writing. You don’t fly across the globe to…
Dec 18, 2020
Dec 18, 2020
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
Did you try my hat-trick approach to writing yet?The plan involves deliberately creating three pieces of content that build on and complement each other — gaining you recognition as…
Dec 22, 2020
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Dec 22, 2020
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Short Shots City
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Melinda Crow
Is there enough emotion in your writing?Your readers are looking for an emotional connection, if not to you, then to the tale you are telling. Without emotion there’s neither…
Dec 27, 2020
Dec 27, 2020
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
What’s your writer bird type?Lately, I’ve been seeing a LOT of seagull writing. You know the type — they pick through the picnic trash on the beach and the bait…
Dec 29, 2020
Dec 29, 2020
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
Dive deep into the caverns of your soul and shine a light on the fear residing there, daring to…It worked! My fear evaporated when I laughed and pretended not to care how it turned out.
Dec 30, 2020
Dec 30, 2020
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
What’s the difference between inspiration and encouragement?Encouragement involves a customized map, a compass, and a cheerleader shouting “You got this,” from the side of the road.
Jan 3, 2021
Jan 3, 2021
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
Got a story that maybe didn’t do as well as you’d hoped?What if your story bombed purely because of the way your title was formatted? It could happen. Here’s what I know about that and how it…
Feb 21, 2021
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Feb 21, 2021
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
Copy and paste my list of Twitter and Instagram hashtags to promote your writing.Twitter: #amwriting #writerlife #writingcommunity #writinglife #writing #mediumwriter
Feb 27, 2021
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Feb 27, 2021
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
Did you know you can use index creation as an analytical tool?An example of that is my focus on the topic of social media this week. I am two-thirds into another of my “hat tricks” consisting of three…
Mar 2, 2021
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Mar 2, 2021
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
Research is the reader’s reassurance that you are what you say you are, that you aren’t making…
Mar 3, 2021
Mar 3, 2021
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
This would be my dream cruise: Sailing to South America on a Silversea luxury cruise ship, with…
May 29, 2021
May 29, 2021
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
Last month Linda Caroll wrote about not telling other people what not to write.Here’s what writing should be like. Find a big damn tree. Shimmy up the trunk and out onto a branch. Now crawl as far out onto the smallest…
Jun 10, 2021
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Jun 10, 2021
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Everything Shortform
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Melinda Crow
Here’s my writer crush for the week.
Jun 12, 2021
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Jun 12, 2021
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