Viewing time: 4 mins 5 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 #209, which considers whether writers get shiny object syndrome. The post first ran on Dec. 10/21. Transcript: […]
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Reading time: Less than 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 author Ling Ma… Chinese American novelist Ling Ma (pictured above) won a 2018 Kirkus Prize for her first novel Severence. Her work was also listed as a
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Elizabeth Bachinsky refuses to let fear get in the way of her writing — even though it tries really hard. Once she gets momentum, she says, writing becomes easy enough for her to keep on going. Elizabeth Bachinsky is the author of six books of poetry, including Home of Sudden
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Academic writing is challenging. Here are four mistakes that will stall your dissertation…. If you want more support and accountability for your writing, now is the time to think about joining my three-month writing program. The quarterly admission window closes at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, and the next opportunity to join
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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 written by Austin Kleon…. Austin Kleon is the Texas-based New York Times bestselling author of three illustrated books and a
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Viewing time: 4 mins 21 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast all about writing. Today’s question? Should you have your own website? 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 Skype account, The Write Question.
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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 similes and metaphors from William Maxwell… I had never heard of William Maxwell until a client introduced him to me. Although long dead (Maxwell lived from 1908 to 2000) he was an
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Aaron Cully Drake is one of the rare writers who absolutely loves editing. Aaron Cully Drake doesn’t actually use his middle name — except in publishing — because people struggle to find the right spelling, so he doesn’t want to put that level of stress on someone he’s just met.
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Reading time: About 3 minutes The NATO typo shows why we need to learn from our mistakes and not obsess over them… It was a jaw-dropping typo. And it appeared in an astonishing place — the New York Times. In a headline. It read: “A North American Treaty Organization Without America?” In fact, if you
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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 New Yorker article written by Hallie Cantor….. I am a person of habit. Fortunate enough to have an annual subscription to
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