Category: Creative Process/Craft
Why I Write Long Form Fiction
It is what the boatwright feels when the hull has taken shape and shavings from the mast are beginning to litter the floor. It is…
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Read Aloud
Do you read your writing aloud to yourself? Is this part of your writing process? Yes? Good. You can stop reading here. Well done. Carry…
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When Our Delight Becomes a Task
We live in a fast-paced, routinely and deeply dissatisfying culture. This is not news. We live it. It is the water. We are the fish.…
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A Pair of Metaphors
Some days the writing really works - it just pops and flows – but other days it feels like you're in the center ring, in…
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[Don’t] Write What You Know
"Write what you know." This is a very old bit of advice for fiction writers. The idea is that your life is far more interesting…
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