Reading time: About 3 minutes Don’t let writer’s guilt prey on your nerves or get in your way! It’s a totally unnecessary emotion… When I wrote my honours thesis in poli sci many decades ago, I was consumed with guilt. I’d taken too long. I’d changed my topic once and wanted to change it again […]
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a product called “the most dangerous writing app”… When you read the headline “the most dangerous writing app,” what did you
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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 actor Frank Langella…. I’ve long admired the acting of Frank Langella, (pictured above), and never more so than for his portrayal of Richard Nixon
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho says she used to think she should write only when inspiration struck. So, she didn’t write much. Now, she understands she just has to sit down and do it…. Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho has published short stories and personal essays in PRISM international, Ricepaper magazine, River Teeth, Room and several anthologies. Her first book
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Reading time: About 2 minutes There are a million different approaches to writing, but many writing systems fail. Here’s why and how to deal with the problem… Have you ever told yourself you needed better discipline or better habits? Here’s the issue: Sometimes the problem isn’t the writer — it’s the systems around you. Yes,
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post exploring the question: how valuable is your book idea?… People sometimes tell me they don’t want to write because
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from Irish writer Naoise Dolan…. A 28-year-old Dubliner, Naoise Dolan studied English literature at Trinity College Dublin and Oxford University. Her first novel, Exciting Times, tells the story
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Scott T. Miller says that writing is neither all art nor all science. Instead, it requires a bit of both… Scott T. Miller is an American science-fiction author, researcher, and educator. He received his PhD in Global and International Education from the University of Hawaii. His debut novel, The Below,
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Reading time: About 3 minutes If you’ve ever given yourself the label of laziness, understand that you’re not doing yourself any favours… I used to call myself a lazy procrastinator. Back when I was a university student, doing an honours degree in political science, I had to write a thesis — something that hung around
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Reading time: About 2 minutes This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a TED talk with tips for handling hurtful advice about your writing… Writers can be exposed to hurtful or damaging advice about
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