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 […]
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Have you lost count of how many writing days you’ve let go by? Here’s how to return to writing after a slip… We all have slips. From keeping our houses clean. From eating more healthily. From establishing exercise habits. And from writing. If you’ve experienced
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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 deal with criticism…. Many writers have a hard time learning how to deal with criticism.
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Viewing time: 5 mins 10 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 #167, which addresses how to start a newsletter. 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 Isaac Mizrahi… I can’t remember who suggested that I read the memoir of designer Isaac Mizrahi. Odds were less than 9/1
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Renée Hartleib says that building the habit of writing is far more dependable than relying on inspiration… Renée Hartleib is a Canadian writer, editor and writing mentor based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is the author of Writing Your Way: A 40-Day Path of Self-Discovery
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