Reading time: About 2 minutes Do you know how much time to spend writing? Or do you mainly feel guilty about not spending enough? I’m going to say something controversial here… The myth of the eight-hour writing day Most writers, especially troubled or blocked ones, spend way too much time writing. Or, trying to write. […]
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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 about how to fix common writing errors… Mistakes are an inevitable part of life. Especially for writers. But
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Viewing time: 4 mins 28 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 #169, which addresses how to get more cohesion in your writing. The post first ran on Jan. 8/21.
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Reading time: Less than 2 minutes 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 Chanel Miller…. Known to the world as Emily Doe, Chanel Miller became a media sensation when her letter to a sexual assaulter became viral
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Kelly S Thompson believes that some writing problems are ‘Later You’ problems. This means that, when you’re writing, your only job is to write. Worrying about tone and character and plot and reviews are all concerns you can fret over later… Kelly S. Thompson is an award-winning writer with an
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Do you need to be a more persuasive writer? It’s not as challenging as you might think…. First, a quick reminder: If you’d like to learn more about how writers can use artificial intelligence — ethically and in a way that feels good, even if you’re an academic — I’m
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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 blog post about how to handle accented speech… Have you ever tried to write in “accented” speech? It’s difficult! The best example of it I’ve
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Viewing time: 4 mins 52 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 #168, which addresses how much research is enough. The post first ran on Dec. 18/20. Transcript: How
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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 by Sarah Manguso… I always appreciate a good memoir and ones related to personal health often interest me in particular. For example, I am especially
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Kailash Srinivasan says he doesn’t like rules when it comes to writing, and he believes it is neither glamourous nor filled with suffering… Kailash Srinivasan was born and raised in India and is now living in Vancouver, B.C. His writing often explores fractures of all kinds—personal, societal, economic, religious, and
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