Reading time: About 4 minutes Does this seem to be the wrong time of year to talk about writing resolutions? It’s not! Would you appreciate it if inspiration showed up in your writing life more often? I can help you with that. My one-hour class, The Inspiration Power Hour, takes […]
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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 video describing how to move on after failure… I never thought I’d get writing advice
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Viewing time: 5 mins 13 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 #177, which addresses how to deal with a writing block. The post first
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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 from Louis Bayard…. When I read Louis Bayard’s historical novel Courting Mr. Lincoln, I wasn’t sure the book impressed me.
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Erin Zimmerman says you don’t need to be inspired or wait for inspiration to come to you in order to write. Instead, you just need to put in the work to shape it into something better…. Erin Zimmerman is an evolutionary biologist turned science writer
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Reading time: About 4 minutes Do you allow enough writing time for yourself? Or does it get squeezed out of your schedule? If you think money is your most precious resource, think again, my friend. I’m not saying this to suggest we should forgo pay for the work we do.
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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 dealing with writer’s block…. I’ve worked with many writers struggling with writer’s
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Viewing time: 4 mins 36 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 #176, which addresses whether you can make a living as a writer. The
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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 from Anthony Lane… I don’t drink much, even at dinner parties. But in the summer I do love a weak
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Nadia Froese says that writer has a different writing process, and part of developing your craft is getting to know yours…. Nadia Friese is the author of the chapbook Something Spectacular, which was published by 845 Press in 2021. Her poetry and fiction have previously
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