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On Curiosity: Surrendering our idea of the story to let the larger story emerge (on the page and in life)
Lit Salon on the power of "What If?" and the glory of letting ourselves not know, plus three valuable exercises for increasing our writerly curiosity…
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What Do Editors Really Want?
From the Archive | Lit Salon on five things I want to see in writing ... and five things I don't
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This will change how you write forever.
Because yes, we can capture the waking dream of wonder, awe & truth in words. (Also, fun new bits at WITD for 2025, like quarterly calendars, more live…
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Can You Feel Homesick for a Dream? Ordinary Magic for the First Week of the New Year
Five Unusual Writing Exercises and One Everyday Incantation
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My Creative Manifesto
Part Two of Two: Eleven Urgent & Possibly Helpful Things I Have Learned About Building A Newsletter During My First Two Years On Substack
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Writing = Living: Here's Why
Ten Ways Creative Writing Intersects With Building A Better, Richer, More Meaningful Life
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My Father Is Not A Swan
From the Archive: Lit Salon on what a "narrative turn" really is, why it matters, and how you can include them in your writing to make it more…
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This Writer Used WITD's Workshop Method To Get Into HuffPost Personal. You Can, Too.
From the Archive | We might say we don't write straight from A to B because we don't want to. But, maybe we don't know how? Here's how and why to be…
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First, I Made A Wish
Lit Salon: A triptych of defiant hope
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Writing that Sings and Sears
They say you should use the "reflective voice" ... but is it true? And what does it really mean?
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Don’t Let Writing Advice Silence Your Authorial Voice?
Lit Salon on the perennial question of writing instruction ... and whether it does more harm than good
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Be Brave & Write Beautifully
Two tiny lessons for building a creative life of words
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