Category: Writing Discipline

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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Time Again for My Favorite Old Soapbox

In the end, there is only one thing the writer can do. There is one accomplishment that is wholly under his control. There is only…

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There Are Parts of It That Are Weak

I've seen it dozens of times, in my own work and that of my peers. After finishing three drafts of a story there are parts…

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Another Mystical Consideration

Following my last post, I've got one other mystical consideration for you as you work to live as a writer*. There needs to be attention…

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