Slow and Steady Often Wins the Literary Race
Lit Hub shares a few excerpts from Annie Dillard's instructional book, The Writing Life.
In these passages, Dillard skewers the modern taste for writing excess,...
Write with a Song In Your Heart
A new post on the Writers Write blog shares advice on writing from popular songwriters, including Dolly Parton, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, and Shaun...
We Have a Cacoethes to Fudgel
We love lists of obscure words and made-up words, including an obsession of popular Facebook share about new words for emotions we can't name....
Ben Winters: Old Enough and Good Enough to Dive Deeper in...
During an interview with Lit Hub's I’m a Writer But...podcast, Ben Winters (The Last Policeman series, The Quiet Boy) talks about migrating away from...
Mindset Tools for Writers
If you're using the turn of the new year to reassess your creative goals and continuous learning, you're not alone. In a post on...
That’s a Killer Idea
It's common for new writers to ask veterans where they get their ideas. There are a million answers to this question and also no...
Joanne Harris: How Teaching Shaped Her Writing
In an article for CrimeReads, Joanne Harris (Chocolat) says that her career as a teacher shaped her writing.
Early in her teaching career, Harris taught...
Build Your Own Literary Canon
In a recent post, Moriah Richard continues Writer's Digest's series of articles on what not to do. This time, they recommend that beginning writers...
Whatever You Choose, You Can Do It in 2022
In a New Year's post, some of the bloggers on Writers in the Storm choose their word for 2022. Their choices include:
Patience. Patience...
Make Joy Your New Year’s Resolution
We would all appreciate it if 2022 turned out to be a bit less challenging than the last two years. We're not holding our...
