How exactly does this Effect thing work?
When we launched The 206 Effect series back in March, we were inundated with questions around the ‘how’. Questions we missed, questions...
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Natasha Fracchiolla
- Jun 9, 2023
- 6 min
If It's Heavy Write It Down - 5 Actual Reasons Why Writing is the Healer
We carry stuff. Loads and loads and loads of stuff. Some of it is ours. Most of it, is not. Though the fact remains, the human condition...
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Robyn Porteous
- Apr 25, 2023
- 3 min
Finding the Right Words: The Healing Power of Poetry
For generations, poetry has served a source of inspiration and solace for people in need of healing. From sonnets to free verse to...
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Robyn Porteous
- Apr 4, 2023
- 3 min
Reading Between the Lines: The Benefits of Poetry
“In the rhythm of poetry, we are able to see the invisible, to hear the inaudible, to feel the unfeelable, to taste the tasteless.” –...
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Jamie Conway
- Feb 28, 2023
- 4 min
5 Famous Journal Entries from Extraordinary Thinkers
Looking for a little inspiration? Even the greatest writers, thinkers, visionaries, scientists, and well, humans, were known to seek a...
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Reba Seboko
- Feb 15, 2023
- 3 min
Micro-Journaling: A Worthwhile Journey of Small Steps
Calling all journal-scribblers! In this blog post, we’re focusing on a journaling trend that has changed how journalers document their...
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Jamie Conway
- Dec 13, 2022
- 3 min
An Ode to Leftover Words
We’ve all been there: you’ve spent hours writing, and the words get left behind in the dust. You’ve spent days bending over your desk,...
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Reba Seboko
- Dec 6, 2022
- 4 min
5 Tips on How to Read Like a Writer
Reading. The process of taking information in, and making sense of the meaning behind the letters used and the words they’re arranged...
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Jamie Conway
- Nov 23, 2022
- 3 min
Top Online Tools to Amp Up Your Writing Productivity
They say it takes a village to raise a child – well, writers need the village, too! It can be hard enough coming up with the premise of...
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Reba Seboko
- Nov 15, 2022
- 4 min
5 Basic Writing Skills – and How to Improve Them
Writing isn’t just a job; it’s an artform that takes more than talent. Whatever the words, writing can be grueling, sometimes seeing you...
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Robyn Porteous
- Nov 2, 2022
- 4 min
The Habits of Famous Writers
If you want to write more, write more. Of course, that may seem easier said, than done. But experts believe that developing a daily habit...
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Robyn Porteous
- Oct 18, 2022
- 4 min
Rag Paper - and Its Influence on Meaning
At Room 206, we spend a lot of time focused on writing; on the words and the processes that go into it. But there are other components of...
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Natasha Fracchiolla
- Jul 21, 2022
- 2 min
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
I always loved Dylan Thomas as a teen. I had a torn-out magazine clipping that I kept in my secret letter box for years with his poem ‘Do...
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Jamie Conway
- Jul 14, 2022
- 3 min
A Five-Step Guide to Engaging the Teen Audience
Ah, the teen audience. How to write for them? How to grab their attention? How to get them obsessed with your new book? Writing a book...
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Jamie Conway
- May 16, 2022
- 3 min
Popular Story Tropes That Will Never Die
They never really get old, do they? It doesn’t matter how many times we see them in movies and books, who plays the characters or where...
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