Category: Writing Discipline
You Are In No Position
"You are your own worst critic." This is assumed to mean that you are harder on yourself and on what you produce than anyone else.…
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Like a Monk Going to Mass
You may think you can just do it in front of the TV in the living room or at the dining room table in the…
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30 Minutes With 20 Students
I had 30 minutes with about 20 students. Dr. Paulette Sauders, a former professor of mine, simply said to me in her email, “I would…
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Quantity Leads to Quality
There is something else you need to know about how writing works. Quantity leads to quality. In fact, there is no other route to quality…
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That Top Thing
Don’t have time to write? I think I can help with that: 1. Take a small notebook or piece of scrap paper and carry it…
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