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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Reading time: Less than 2 minutes 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. Should you do your MFA in writing? I discuss a blog post on the topic…. My most senior degree
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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 #99, which addresses how to evaluate a publishing contract. 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 a series of metaphors from Edward Chisholm… I first heard about writer Edward Chisholm on my favourite food podcast, Milk Street. Chisholm is an Englishman who graduated
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Reading time: About 2 minutes If you haven’t figured out how to overcome perfectionism, you likely don’t know that “done” is much better than perfect… Are you a proud perfectionist? No doubt, we all share high standards. You wouldn’t be where you are today without setting and consistently reaching a
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Reading time: About 3 minutes If you’re producing boring writing, you need to figure out why. Could the problem be as simple as your sentence structure? Do you ever worry that your writing is too boring? Don’t fret — you’re not alone. Most writers are overwhelmingly self-critical. But the issue
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Reading time: Less than 2 minutes 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 website about books to read when travelling…. I love reading and I love travelling
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Viewing time: 6 mins. 31 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 #98, which addresses how to make Main Street more interesting. The post first
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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 some similes and metaphors from Michael Finkel… Michael Finkel knew he wanted to be a writer from the age of 10. Unlike many writers, however, he
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Reading time: About 2 minutes See if you can use the power of subtraction to create more time for writing in your life… By Ann Gomez Engineering professor and author, Leidy Klotz, was building a Lego bridge with his young son, Ezra, when they encountered an engineering challenge. The support
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