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 blog post about the similarities between writing and painting a room… Sarah Welch, a book editor living in Austin, Texas, […]
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Viewing time: 4 mins. 18 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 #140, which discusses how to hire a ghostwriter. The post first ran on
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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 writer Ellen Barry…. Ellen Barry is a London-based international correspondent for The New York Times, covering immigration, security, demographics and culture
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Reading time: About 2 minutes A desire to connect the words and ideas in her head to the heads of others is the most powerful incentive that Shari Graydon has ever known… Shari Graydon has written newspaper columns, broadcast commentary and political speeches. Her best-selling, award-winning media literacy books for youth
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Reading time: About 2 minutes If you’re anything like me, you’ve been watching the news for weeks, obsessively following the U.S. election. So how do you write in times like these? Today, I give you some suggestions…. Today is the most anticipated election in my lifetime. A friend of mine
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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 an interview with author Agnie Abdou about how to create a writing routine… Angie Abdou is
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Viewing time: 4 mins 25 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 #139, which discusses how to structure a book. The post first ran on
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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 the metaphorical language of Ottessa Moshfegh…. Ottessa Moshfegh is an American author and novelist who was born in Boston with a Croatian mother and an Iranian-Jewish father.
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Reading time: About 4 minutes Early in her writing career, Danila Botha says she didn’t realize how many full in-depth drafts would be required before a book was ready to be published. Danila Botha is the author of three critically acclaimed short story collections, Got No Secrets and For All
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Reading time: About 3 minutes You probably already know to write in active rather than passive voice. But did you also know that an active mindset is better than a passive one? I grew up in a troubled household. We were a family of seven, and I was the eldest
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