Viewing time: 4 mins 55 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 #149, which discusses how to write with a short deadline. The post first ran on July 24/20. Transcript: […]
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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 from Alexander Chee… Alexander Chee is an American fiction writer, poet, journalist and reviewer. He spent his childhood in South Korea, Kauai, Truk, Guam and Maine. He attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Chee’s critically acclaimed debut
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Reading time: About 1 minute Susan LeBlanc says that having a deadline is the most useful strategy for helping her to write…. Susan LeBlanc was born in Halifax, N.S., and worked as a print journalist for twenty years. She later taught journalism at the University of King’s College. Turning to fiction, she enrolled in various
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Does procrastination-guilt ever hold you in its clutches? Read on to learn how to defeat this insidious monster. How do you view guilt? Is it a positive force in your life that drives your productivity and helps you make better use of your time? Or does it feel like an
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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 rush writing jobs… Are you a freelance writer who needs to make more money? Start specializing in rush jobs. That’s clever advice
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Viewing time: 4 mins. 35 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 #148, which discusses how to squeeze in writing time. The post first ran on July 10/20. Transcript: How
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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 Nell Stevens… I like writers with a sense of humour. Perhaps this explains my fandom of Nell Stevens (pictured above). A British writer who
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Reading time: About 2 minutes So many great works have been written under harsh circumstances, says writer J.T. Siemens, it should be seen as lame to look for excuses not to write…. J.T. Siemens is a Vancouver-based personal trainer, but his true love is writing crime fiction. To Those Who Killed Me, the first book in the Sloane
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Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Are you expecting TOO MUCH of yourself? Don’t let your BHAGs take control of your life…. You know what a BHAG is, right? It’s a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (pronounced like this: Bee Hag). I’m sure you have a few BHAGs lurking in your consciousness. They might relate to
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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 the importance of transitions…. I’ve long thought that mature, sophisticated writers use almost an inordinate number of
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