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 addressing the question: is your writing too hesitant…. I love the phrase The […]
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Viewing time: 6 mins. 9 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 #101, which addresses how writers can manage their sleep. The post first ran
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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 a series of similes and metaphors from Shelby Van Pelt. Author Shelby Van Pelt, pictured above, grabbed my attention when I learned she had written a novel
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Learn to avoid distractions, and you’ll not only create more time and focus for your writing, but you’ll do it with greater ease and relaxation, too… By Ann Gomex Distractions are one of the biggest barriers to a productive day, especially for writers. Even being
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Reading time: About 3 minutes If you’re not writing to the point of pain from time to time, you’re probably not pushing yourself hard enough…. My husband and I went to Phoenix the last week of January — our first get-on-a-plane holiday since the pandemic. Part of the reason we’ve
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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 a conflicting literary opinion….. In medicine, it’s called a “conflicting opinion.” Two doctors disagree about a diagnosis
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Viewing time: 6 mins. 56 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 #100, which addresses how to become a better interviewer. The post first ran
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Reading time: About 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes and metaphors from Dwight Garner… My two big hobbies are reading and cooking. So imagine my reaction when I heard about the subtitle of Dwight Garner‘s
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Do you know how to recover from mistakes? The formula is simple — but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. By Ann Gomez Mistakes happen. In fact, they’re inevitable. Despite our good intentions and diligence, mistakes creep into our writing and our actions. We are human,
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Reading time: About 3 minutes The word failed makes us feel like, well, failures. But reconsidering your failed New Year’s resolutions can yield some hopeful results… By mid-February, many people have collected an assortment of failed New Year’s resolutions. Especially if those resolutions involved exercise or writing. But instead of
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