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 Jean Kyoung Frazier… I like reading debut novels. While they are usually flawed, they often spark with little shards of brightness. Such …
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Reading time: About 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: susurrus. I love onomatopoeia which occurs when words phonetically imitate, resemble or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. Some of these words are related to water: splash, …
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Reading time: About 5 minutes If you’re feeling overwhelmed right now, perhaps the concept of project management software for writers has crossed your mind. Be very careful before you take the step of buying something… Writers sometimes ask me to recommend project management software. I must confess, I’ve never used …
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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 about book proposal comps…. Many writers ask me about how to choose their book …
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Viewing time: 3 mins 27 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast all about writing. Today’s question? What are the pros and cons of starting over with a writing project? If you have a question you’d like me to answer you can email me, tweet me @pubcoach, or …
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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 and metaphors from Rumaan Alam…. An American writer of Bangladeshi origin, Rumaan Alam (pictured above), studied writing at Oberlin College and currently lives …
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Reading time: About 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: enterotomes… When I encounter what appears to be a highly technical word — like enterotomes — my eyes tend to glaze over a …
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Sure, you may read for fun. But if you learn how reading helps writing, you’ll start approaching the task a little differently…. An essay by Joan Didion described her husband — the late John Gregory Dunne — reading a novel. I could be wrong, but …
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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 about showing vulnerability in writing… Have you ever allowed yourself to show vulnerability in …
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Viewing time: 4 mins 29 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast all about writing. Today’s question? How do you finish your writing? If you have a question you’d like me to answer you can email me, tweet me @pubcoach, or leave a message for me at the …
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