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		<title>&#8220;I only need a few words&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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Whenever I hear those words from clients, I know I might be in for a long interview.  It usually means they don&#8217;t know what they want to say. And, they think I can make up a three minute speech on the spot and deliver it to them on a silver platter in an hour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Praise of Failure &#8211; Theirs, Not Yours</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I sit down with my clients, looking for message and motive, I despair when they begin the interview with how they want to tell their audiences about their great new policy, new direction, or new product. When they do that, I know I have got a lot of work to do. Not because I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Is Water &#8211; David Foster Wallace &#8211; Part II</title>
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		<title>This Is Water &#8211; David Foster Wallace Part 1</title>
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		<title>President Obama Speakes on Aurora Tragedy</title>
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		<title>John Stewart&#8217;s 2004 Commencement Address</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Not Special&#8230;.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<title>Neil Gaiman on the Freelance Writer&#8217;s Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 21:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<title>Giving It Away</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout your freelance career, from time to time, you will be asked to work for free. Trust me on this. You will. Before you consider any such requests, you have to set up some ground rules for yourself. This is my take on the subject.
First, if you undervalue your work, you are telling the world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Freelance Speech Writers: Five Tips That Will Speed Up Your Speech Writing Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am always looking for ways to shorten the &#8220;process time&#8221; when working on speeches.  Here are five that I find helpful.

I don&#8217;t know about you, but I am the world&#8217;s worst proofreader when it comes to proofing my own drafts. That&#8217;s where I find someone else reading back my drafts to me aloud, as [...]]]></description>
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