<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Lifehacker Australia &#187; writing</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tags/writing/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au</link>
	<description>tips and downloads to help you at work and play</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:33:36 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Apostrophe.me Ends Your Apostrophe Ponderings</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/apostrophe-me-ends-your-apostrophe-ponderings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/apostrophe-me-ends-your-apostrophe-ponderings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=345885</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever paused mid-stroke and thought &#8220;Does this need an apostrophe?&#8221; you&#8217;ll want to take a peek at the apostrophe-use flowchart at Apostrophe.me for a cartoon-driven refresher.
The flowchart asks simple questions like &#8220;Is it plural?&#8221; and &#8220;Are you indicating possession?&#8221; to drive the flow through all the potential situations in which you would use [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/apostrophe-me-ends-your-apostrophe-ponderings/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>CompareMyDocs Helps You Compare Document Revisions</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/comparemydocs-helps-you-compare-document-revisions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/comparemydocs-helps-you-compare-document-revisions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitson Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[documents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[webapps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=345187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Free web service CompareMyDocs is an easy-to-use tool that compares up to seven revisions of a Word document or rich text file to help you put together a final draft based on revisions you choose.
After choosing the documents you want to compare, CompareMyDocs will choose one and highlight areas that have been changed in other [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/comparemydocs-helps-you-compare-document-revisions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Eoin Colfer: The iPhone Is The Hitchhiker’s Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/eoin-colfer-the-iphone-is-the-hitchhiker%e2%80%99s-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/eoin-colfer-the-iphone-is-the-hitchhiker%e2%80%99s-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[au]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iphone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=343787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Eoin Colfer &#8212; the man stuck with the daunting task of writing the sixth book in Douglas Adams&#8217; Hitchhiker’s Guide trilogy &#8212; might be bitterly disappointed that he&#8217;s just lost his iPhone, but he&#8217;s pretty much convinced that the device comes close to replicating the guide itself.
Picture from Wikimedia Commons
Speaking at the Times Cheltenham Literature [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/eoin-colfer-the-iphone-is-the-hitchhiker%e2%80%99s-guide/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ruth Rendell Argues For Writing On Your PC</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/ruth-rendell-argues-for-writing-on-your-pc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/ruth-rendell-argues-for-writing-on-your-pc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[au]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=343667</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is sometimes suggested that writing by hand offers a creative experience unmatched by composing on computer, but that&#8217;s not an argument you&#8217;ll find Ruth Rendell mounting. Defying stereotypes about computer usage, the 79 year-old author of more than 60 titles has been using a PC for 23 years.
In a talk at the Times Cheltenham [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/ruth-rendell-argues-for-writing-on-your-pc/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Distraction-Free Writing In Google Docs; No Add-Ons Necessary</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/distraction-free-writing-in-google-docs-no-add-ons-necessary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/distraction-free-writing-in-google-docs-no-add-ons-necessary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distractions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google docs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gtd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=343634</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve highlighted a variety of ways to create a distraction-free writing environment including altering Microsoft Word and running portable applications. This is much easier: open a Google Docs template and set your browser fullscreen.
Over at Digital Inspiration they&#8217;ve created a simple Google Docs template that emulates the green-on-black minimalism of early word processors. All you [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/distraction-free-writing-in-google-docs-no-add-ons-necessary/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hating Your Work Gets You Started</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/hating-your-work-gets-you-started/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/hating-your-work-gets-you-started/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[au]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=343151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all want our work to be good, but when it comes to creative tasks like writing, producing something awful is often a great place to start. Having something to hate which you can edit is a lot better than having nothing at all.
PowerPoint blogger Tony Ramos outlines how the mantra &#8220;give me something to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/hating-your-work-gets-you-started/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Improve Your Writing By Setting The Right Tone</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/improve-your-writing-by-setting-the-right-tone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/improve-your-writing-by-setting-the-right-tone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Azadeh Ensha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind hacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=342888</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you&#8217;re a novelist or just a prolific email-er, you write every day to communicate. If you&#8217;re looking to improve your writing, try incorporating the right pitch to better connect with your audience.
Photo by Kristian D..
Setting the right pitch or tone is important for a host of reasons, perhaps most importantly because it can allow [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/improve-your-writing-by-setting-the-right-tone/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Improve Your Writing With Dan Brown&#8217;s Mistakes</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/improve-your-writing-with-dan-browns-mistakes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/improve-your-writing-with-dan-browns-mistakes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[au]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=341949</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[He&#8217;s sold millions of novels, but Dan Brown, author of The Lost Symbol and The Da Vinci Code, is a hideous prose stylist. Learn from his errors with this round-up of his worst sentences.
Picture from Wikimedia Commons
The Daily Telegraph&#8217;s collection of Brown&#8217;s biggest clangers is both mean-spirited and inevitably incomplete, but it does serve a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/improve-your-writing-with-dan-browns-mistakes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>ThatWhichMatter Delivers Grammar Tips In Tweets</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/thatwhichmatter-delivers-grammar-tips-in-tweets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/thatwhichmatter-delivers-grammar-tips-in-tweets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=338793</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you one of those types who smirked devilishly through Eats, Shoots &#38; Leaves? Whether you&#8217;re a strict grammarian or looking to learn a bit more on language, ThatWhichMatter&#8217;s Twitter feed is worth subscribing to.
It&#8217;s less than a week old, but the Twitter account&#8212;which our non-Twitter-ing readers can grab an RSS feed from&#8212;has already made [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/thatwhichmatter-delivers-grammar-tips-in-tweets/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Track Writing Submissions With A Template</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/track-writing-submissions-with-a-template/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/track-writing-submissions-with-a-template/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[au]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microsoft office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[templates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[word]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=338778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Budding poets and aspiring academics have a common need &#8212; tracking where they&#8217;ve sent written work and whether it&#8217;s been accepted. One easy solution to that problem is to use a specifically designed tracking document.
Microsoft&#8217;s Office Online blog highlights a Word template specifically designed for this kind of tracking. The template is free to access [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/track-writing-submissions-with-a-template/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
