Category: Writing Discipline

  • My Supporting Character

    I haven't always been like this. For 18 years I was a fully functioning member of my family. I was always present, always a part…

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  • Working and Waiting

    Here they are, the two central tasks of the craftsman - working and waiting. These actions, one active and the other passive, are inseparable. No…

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  • Done? Begin Again.

    Question: What should you do as soon as you finish your novel? This is not a trick question. I know you need to send query…

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  • Hemingway Took A Question

    Interviewer: How much should you write a day? Hemingway: The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know…

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  • A Parable of Commitment*

    He loved the violin. He loved going to the concert hall and hearing a solo violinist. He had thought about it for years and now…

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