Reading time: About 2 minutes This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss a post about the question: does listening to an audiobook count as reading? I don’t usually listen to audiobooks. I have nothing against them, of course! […]
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Viewing time: 5 mins 5 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #145, which discusses how to write about your life. The post first ran on June 19/20. Transcript: How
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes and metaphors from Belinda Luscombe…. I was browsing in my local discount bookstore, waiting to go for lunch with a friend, when I encountered a table featuring
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Sue Murtagh says she lost a lot of time because she felt that if she couldn’t be an amazing writer, it would be a waste of time to even try…. Sue Murtagh lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is a graduate of the Alistair MacLeod mentorship program (Writers’ Federation of
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss the small adjustments writers can make to help their writing…. Writers sometimes panic when they don’t feel like writing. What’s wrong with me, they think? How
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Viewing time: 4 mins. 17 secs. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #144, which discusses how to improve your research. The post first ran on June 12/20. Transcript: How do
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from American writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner…. I had never heard of the writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner, then I started seeing her name everywhere. On blogs. In podcasts. In newspapers.
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Christine Switzer says that when she doesn’t feel like writing, she refuses to try to persuade herself that she does…. Christine Swtizer is a poet whose work has recently been featured in Growing Toward the Light, an exhibit at All Saints Austin featuring art and poetry for Ordinary Time. And
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Reading time: About 3 minutes If Christmastime ever makes you sad, make sure you take some steps to protect your mental health for writing in December… Now the calendar has flipped to December, your mind has probably turned to Christmas. For some people, however, Christmas is a time of stress and anxiety. If you’re a
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about deciding between writing projects… Like many writers, you may struggle with where to put your time and energy. Should it go to
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