Ep 167: How to Be a Better Writer (Pt 2): 3 Simple Tweaks You Can Try Today
Last week I talked about the mindset that believes growth is possible—that you are neither stuck at your current level
Ep 166: How to Be a Better Writer (Pt 1): Start with the Right Mindset
Last week, we started to explore a fear that haunts many writers, which is the fear that they aren’t good
Ep 161: Subscribe to Podcasts to Learn on the Go
When I was in college, I bought a small recorder. A Sony, I think. You’re wondering the year? Well, let’s
Ep 140: Listen for the Music – More Self-Editing Tips from ‘The Artful Edit’
In her book The Artful Edit, Susan Bell says editing “involves a deep, long meditation within which the editor or
Ep 139: Tips on Self Editing from The Artful Edit
Recently I plucked from the shelf The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself, by Susan Bell. Already I can
Ep 137: What Do I Write Next – Experiment and Expand Your Repertoire
Last time we talked about enjoying our vein of gold as we decide what to write next. To discover our
Be a Better Writer, Writing Motivation
Gordon Lish: The secret of good writing
Tell the truth (even if you have to tell it slant). “The secret of good writing is telling the truth.”—
Ep 130: The Simple Way to Clarify Your Content
You’re writing. Everything’s moving along just fine, and then. Huh. You hit a section that won’t flow. You write a
Ep 123: This Is How to Write Real Copy for Real People
A lot of my clients are preparing nonfiction book proposals to send out to agents and publishers. One of the
Ep 121: Out of Ideas? Be an Idea Machine
Writers have to churn out content of all kinds, from blog articles and guest posts to magazine pitches and book
Ep 117: How to Dredge up the Memories You Want to Write About
Last time we talked about taking a cue from Dani Shapiro and attempting to tell the story as we’re inside
Ep 116: Can You Write Your Story Before It’s Become a Story?
In her recently released memoir, Hourglass, Dani Shapiro says she used to teach her students that writers need distance from
Ep 110: You Want to Be a Writer Who’s Read? Learn Something New Every Day.
The publishing world is evolving, and no one knows quite when it will end and what it will look like.
Ep 107: Learn from the Best: Copywork for Grownups
Children used to be assigned copywork so they could practice penmanship and be exposed to great poetry, sayings, and passages
Ep 106: Learn from the Best – Imitate but Don’t Plagiarize
Are you a carnivorous reader? Francine Prose says in Reading Like a Writer: I’ve heard the way a writer reads
