Viewing time: 3 minutes 43 seconds 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 #19, addressing how to be a good interview subject. The post first ran on […]
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Viewing time: 4 minutes and 5 seconds 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 #12, focusing on writing a bio. The post first ran on April 7/17.
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Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Are you good at collecting quotes from your interview subjects? Here’s a primer on how to ask better questions… As a former journalist, I’ve done more than my share of interviews, many of them with then big-name Canadian authors. I was a books editor
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Word count: 314 words Reading time: Just over 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 writers. Today I discuss an article written by Lee Gutkind. When my coaching students tell me they
Word count: 225 words + video Reading/watching time: Just over 3 minutes Here is a bonus column with some excellent writing advice from TV legend Stephen J. Cannell…. I hadn’t intended to send out a column this week. Normally, I take a week’s holiday between Christmas and New Year. But last
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Word count: 578 words Reading time: About 2.5 minutes Here is another installment in my series of interviews with successful writers…. I’ve never met Anne Miller face to face -– although we did try to connect several times when I was in New York last autumn. But we’ve happily talked
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Word count: 709 words Reading time: About 3 minutes Here is another installment in my series of interviews with successful writers, today focusing on Jill Konrath. I discovered sales trainer Jill Konrath on the Internet. I loved her blog, her first book, Selling to Big Companies, and her green jacket. If
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Word count: 741 words Reading time: About 3 minutes Welcome to another in my series of interviews with successful writers…. Caroline Adderson is the author of three fascinating novels, The Sky is Falling, A History of Forgetting and Sitting Practice as well as several short story collections and children’s books. She’s also
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