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, after all. But since we […]
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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 feeling downhearted or discouraged with
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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 is an undergrad one: an
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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 on July 12/19. Transcript:
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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 from the School of Oriental
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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 high bar. But when the
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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 may not be you. Or
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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 although I get to do
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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 ran on July 5/19. Transcript:
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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 was also athletic and after
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