Every day this month (or at least 6 days a week), go on a treasure hunt for writing time. Your goal is to find at least 30 minutes.
Field Notes on Revising an Existing Book
Creating a new edition of a book is rather like planning one of those elaborate vow renewal ceremonies. There’s less risk, but a lot of work.
The story of your writing life
If I were to ask you about your writing identity today, what would you say?
Getting creative with touch-based images
For the next month, try coming up with a sensory description or analogy every day. Go beyond simple visual imagery to the less-common senses, and specifically touch,.
Writing Voice: Try a soundtrack
As readers, we are tuned to find emotions in the text. As writers, our emotions definitely influence the way our “voice” appears on the page. (You usually know if someone was angry when writing an email, even if they don’t use ALL CAPS!) In this month’s writing voice exercise, we’ll experiment with channeling emotions into […]
The beautiful mess before you draft
In its nascent state, the glimmerings of a writing project contain a multitude of potential paths. This swirling uncertainty is part of the writing process, and our decisions here have lasting effects.