Reading time: About 2 minutes Sometimes, your desire to be a good editor can be the biggest problem standing in your way…. I know the subject line of this post might seem a little odd — counterintuitive, even. Why shouldn’t you want to be a good editor? Wouldn’t every writer on the planet want to […]
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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 blog post on undercharging your writing…. Few topics make freelancers more nervous than their rates. I know I hate raising
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Viewing time: 5 mins. 24 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 #81, with advice on becoming a freelance writer. The post first ran on Jan. 18/19. Transcript: Welcome to
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Reading time: About 2 minutes While many of us associate timers with cooking, using a timer can be an excellent way of persuading yourself to do some important work… By Ann Gomez Years ago, a patient colleague listened to me bemoaning a big task I was struggling to start. Moments later, she returned with a
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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 metaphors and similes from the Prince Harry memoir, Spare… I hadn’t planned on reading the memoir of Prince Harry — son of King Charles and Diana, the late Princess of Wales. I’m
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Reading time: About 4 minutes When you sit down to write, do you find yourself lured away into the world of daydreams? Here’s how to stop your mind from wandering… When I was doing my undergrad degree — decades ago — my mind used to wander all over the place. I’d be sitting in the library,
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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 blog post by Doug Stevenson…. Are you the type of writer who craves recognition — beyond, that is, the admitted
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Viewing time: 4 mins. 35 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 #79, with advice on how writers can avoid outlines. The post first ran on Jan. 4/19. Transcript: Welcome
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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 metaphors by Curtis Sittenfeld… A graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Curtis Sittenfeld is the bestselling author of seven novels. Several years ago, I had particularly
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Much as you might want to finish your to-do list, actually accomplishing that task is not a very good idea….. By Ann Gomez I hope you never complete your to-do list. The reality is each of us will always have a list. We can cross items off, but new ones
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