A guest post on syntax by Jordan Jones of Red Pens and Playwriting.
My post on building a revision checklist can be found on Red Pens and Playwriting
A very untidy library, foodie flashfiction, and how to make writing less hard.
Weasel words sap your sentences of conviction and once you start to notice them, you will see them everywhere.
ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SUBJECTIVITY and care about Your Perspective, not a generic one
It all sounds so simple, just write every day, how hard could it be? (cue laughter). Of course we all know that it is nothing like that simple. But there is wisdom in working towards a consistent writ…
An ode to Roller Coaster Tycoon and building manuscripts that don't fly off the tracks.
The poetry of baseball, light moving through cathedral windows, and a load of excellent writing articles.
Five dead authors query their familiar novels, in this short but intense introduction to the query process.
In which I actually do one of the writing exercises from last week.
What makes a piece of writing good to you? Knowing what you like is an essential part of figuring out what you’ll enjoy writing.
Put more emotion on the page and craft a deep emotional journey for your reader taught by veteran agent Donald Maass.
Take a field trip on a cheese bus, set your wonky horse free, and some extremely specific life advice.
Quick and fun books to energize your writing practice.
How to use a writing book is my first guest post and can be found on Drafting Through Life's Medium blog at the link.
It’s been a year since I started Writing About Writing About Writing. I’m still half-assing this with my whole heart, and that has to mean something.
Writers have a far different relationship with their books than readers do, starting with the disparity in the time it takes to write a book and the time it takes to read that same book.
Tiny baby primates, mysterious medieval tunnels, and questioning why we write about so many kingdoms.
A fable for writers guest post by Drafting Through Life.
A smart book full of interesting literary tidbits about the failures of writers you have certainly heard of.
Experiencing transitions, waging nonviolence, and talking too much about AI.
Every writer's desk should have a few reference books nearby, if only for something to peruse when your brain hits a wall.
Unique descriptions are a skill you can build by learning to observe the world around you in detail with focus and compassion.
Drop into your seal flow, get cozy knitting short fiction, plan a year of dinners and more in December's Reading Report.
Instead of a New Years resolution, try a gentler approach by setting a yearly or seasonal theme. Here's how.
Build your writing muscle with these books on grammar, punctuation, and rhetoric.
Luddite Literature, two excellent games to try, and a pair of excellent books read in in this month's Reading Report. Now with added acountability!
Writing books sure to please your writer friends.
A list of intrepid tomes that dare to teach what many say cannot be taught.
This Month's reading report features craft articles from Ilona Andrews and C.L. Polk, a 2,000 year-old copper skeleton and 100 word memoirs.
Whether on paper or a spreadsheet, or on specialized software, keeping track of when, where, and how much you write can help you spot when your writing sweet spots are, and are useful tools for estima…
This month's reading report has a fish committing credit card fraud, doomscroll the game, and some ominous mail from the red cross.
One of the best pieces of advice I've ever gotten was if you want to get good at something, keep your tools with you all the time.
Thought-time is the sum of the mental energy put into a piece of artwork. Along with craft-time and distance-time it helps determine the "value" of the work.
