Make yourself the most useful writer in your writing group Critical response process turns you into the critique partner every writer wants: someone who offers actionable observations instead of opinionated […]
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The case for creative constraints I’d be a pretty rotten curator of writing craft advice if I didn’t leap at the opportunity to share some writing craft wisdom that kicked
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In between tales of snowy, uphill treks to school (spoiler #1: I lived in the desert) and drinking out of the garden hose (spoiler #2: I was more of a
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The first time I slammed into the inflexibilities of daily schedules, I was a young adult cast as a Jawa in the original Star Wars film. It could’ve been such a glorious
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So what do you call a writer who doesn’t read? At our house, we call it losing the plot thread. There’s a reason my website has an entire section called Reading for Writers.
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My entire household of creatives has been glued to the screen for Hulu’s The Bear for a very specific reason: its unflinching exploration of what it feels like to pursue a creative
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Do you freeze up when someone asks about your book? Every conversation when you’re out and about in the world is an opportunity. So much of book buzz comes from
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Even passive or constrained characters drive their own stories. When a character is unable to physically act, the story must dip into forces that shift their mindset. Wishful thinking isn’t enough.
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New writers often arrive at my editorial doorstep with the same burning question: “Is my writing worth developing, or should I trash the whole project and call it quits?” I
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If you’re all about the credo “move fast and break things,” you may feel confident diving from writing into self-revision and then editing. But if you like to get the
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