Reading time: About 3 minutes There comes a time when you should stop reading, start writing. To figure out if this advice applies to you, calculate how many writing books you have on your shelves… How many books on writing do you own? How much time do you spend thinking about writing? Now, here’s the most […]
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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 on green bean casserole…. Did you eat green bean casserole last Thanksgiving? You know, the dish made with
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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 #24, describing how to become a better reader. The post first ran on July 14/17. Transcript: Welcome to The
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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 blog post on the negative effects of screen reading… I love my Kindle. I like the way it can hold
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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 an article on the space between sentences… I hesitate to reopen the debate about space between sentences. Many people feel strongly
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Reading time: Just over 4 minutes Did you know you can help your writing with reading? Here are some tricks for doing just that… Do you ever reflect on how remarkable it is to be able to read? We can pick up books (or, increasingly, screens) and translate a bunch of carefully assembled squiggles into
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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 New Yorker article about bibliotherapy…. Here’s a word to learn: bibliotherapy. And a profession: bibliotherapist. I had no idea such
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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 other writers. Today I discuss a New York Times article on reading by Pamela Paul… I love reading. It is my favourite hobby and my number
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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 blog post by Seth Godin… If you need to improve your writing you might think about improving your reading. The fastest, least
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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 Guardian article about a 26% decline in younger children using the library… When my children were tikes, I used to take them to a “library day”
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