Viewing time: 4 mins 19 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 #165, which addresses how to know when you’re finished editing. The post first ran on Nov. 27/20. […]
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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 Amy Waldman…. American author and journalist Amy Waldman (pictured above) was a reporter with the New York Times for eight years before her first
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Reading time: About 2 minutes When he writes poetry, Misha Solomon says he works in a linear way. “I almost always start with a title and that title rarely changes…” Misha Solomon is a homosexual poet from Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. He is the author of two chapbooks, FLORALS (above/ground press, 2020) and Full Sentences (Turret House Press, 2022), which was nominated
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Are you a believer or disbeliever in the value of AI for writers? Or does the whole idea just put you off? I’ve been studying AI for the last year and I have some thoughts for you…. When my friend Jeff started talking to me about Artificial Intelligence more than
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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 video about the inflatable man… Writer and blogger Austin Kleon is deeply creative. In a recent 51-second video, he explores the reality of the inflatable
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Viewing time: 4 mins 46 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 #164, which addresses the value of daily writing. The post first ran on Nov. 20/20. Transcript: What’s
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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 from David Bezmozgis… Born in Latvia, David Bezmozgis is a writer and filmmaker based in Toronto. In the summer of 2010, he was included in The New
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Sarah Boon warns that writing a thousand words a day is no guarantee of a book by year’s end… Sarah Boon is a freelance writer and editor. She has published essays, book reviews, author interviews, and articles in a range of magazines and journals, including Science, Nature, Longreads, Flyway Journal, Electric Literature, and others.
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Do you think your writing would improve if only you could become more creative? Here are seven ways to boost your creativity…. We’ve never had pets in our household. Although I’d dearly love a cat, my husband is highly allergic to animal dander — and the thought of a hairless cat (pictured
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Reading time: Just over 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 the writing habits of Daniel Levitin… Like many writers, I love reading about the habits of ultra-successful
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