Reading time: About one 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 survive the afternoon slump…. Do you find yourself starting to yawn when the clock hits […]
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Viewing time: 5 mins. 28 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 #106, which gives advice on how to write better cover letters. The post
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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 similes, metaphors and personification from Téa Obreht… I’ve not typically enjoyed the genre of magic realism. Somehow, the notion that a “trick” or a Deus Ex
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Reading time: About 2 minutes If you’re having difficulty writing, it might be time for you to make sleep a top priority… By Ann Gomez Do you view sleep as a luxury? Or something that gets bumped when other important activities are vying for your attention? Whenever I catch myself being
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Reading time: About 2 minutes A broken treadmill doesn’t help anyone. But fixing that treadmill can teach you a useful lesson for later in your writing life… My favourite piece of writing equipment is not a special pen or notebook or even keyboard. It’s my treadmill desk. I get 20,000
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Reading time: About 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 on surviving conferences by Jenn Walton…. I am an introvert. A socially-skilled introvert, but
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Viewing time: 5 mins. 59 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 #105, which gives advice on how to read more books. The post first
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Reading time: Less than 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 Irish novelist John Boyne… I read a John Boyne novel about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Ireland a little
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Certain pursuits and professions attract introverts. Writing is one of them. If you’ve found your loneliness increasing over the last several months, take some steps now to turn it around…. By Ann Gomez For many, the pandemic shone a light on a different epidemic: loneliness.
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Some tasks — like writing — can be hard to do. That’s why it’s important for you to start feeling comfortable with discomfort… Does the act of writing ever make you feel uncomfortable? Perhaps it bores you just a little. Maybe it makes you feel
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