On writing: getting started, getting stuck, and getting finished
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Most authors share a common difficulty in beginning writing, stalling while writing and an inability to complete a written piece. It is important to remember that writing is a process and so authors should not expect too much when they first sit down to write. Some ways authors can avoid the above problems are to write an outline, begin the work wherever it is interesting, call in an outside editor and be willing to accept work as a draft. The process of technical writing involves four aspects: preparation, incubation, illumination and verification.
Publication Name: Marriage & Family Review
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0149-4929
Year: 1993
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Why we must help
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The plight of children who have no place to call home is aggravated by a social policy that rewards material success and looks down on poverty as if it were a result of sin. It is time to remind politicians to enact laws that would be more sympathetic to poor and hungry children.
Publication Name: Parenting
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0890-247X
Year: 1995
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Getting help in a crisis
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Parents need to undertake measures in order for them and their children to obtain help immediately during a crisis. Phone numbers of emergency agencies like the police, medical and paramedical services can be listed where phone users can retrieve these numbers conveniently.
Publication Name: Parenting
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0890-247X
Year: 1997
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