Viewing time: 4 mins. 40 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 #138, which discusses where to keep your research diary. The post first ran on May 1/20. Transcript: Have […]
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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 how to become a more visual thinker…. I am not what you’d call a natural visual thinker.
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Viewing time: 4 mins. 29 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 #137, which discusses how to get better at speaking. The post first ran on April 24/20. Transcript: How
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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 how to find an agent… I’m a big believer in self-publishing. But if you don’t share my
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Viewing time: 4 mins. 25 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 #133, which discusses how to write to a character count. The post first ran on March 27/20. Transcript:
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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 how to name your book… Is there anything more fraught than naming your book? You’d think nothing
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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 the ISBN…. I learned about the ISBN when I edited my first book, a cookbook, roughly 30
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Viewing time: 4 mins. 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 #129, which discusses how to find an agent. The post first ran on Feb. 21/20. Transcript: Have you ever wondered
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Most of us don’t like criticism, but as writers, we need to learn how to be edited. Here’s a great trick for making negative feedback positive…. When I was writing stories for a national magazine, many years ago, I had one editor who particularly irritated me. What she did to
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Viewing time: 5 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 #126, which discusses how to write with a partner. The post first ran on Feb. 7/20. Transcript: Have
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