You can read all the writing advice in the world, but in the end, it all comes down to how YOU approach the page or the screen. To help illustrate how we’re all just a little bit different, I’m taking a standard list of questions about writing and posing it to dozens of different writers. As you scroll though their answers, I think you’ll see we’re all as individual as fingerprints or snowflakes. And if you’re a writer who’d like to participate in this questionnaire, please email me.
Reading time: About 2 minutes Carmen Farrell believes that inspiration doesn’t come out of nowhere. Instead, it’s the byproduct of hard work…. Carmen Farrell is a force behind community initiatives for the neurodiverse: para-athlete opportunities for high schoolers, learning-to-work programs at university, and playground inclusion groups in elementary school. Her […]
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Writer Tara McGuire loves revising, which she calls “collaging” and finds that writing a first draft is “the worst”… Tara McGuire’s first book, Holden After & Before — Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose, a hybrid work in memoir and fiction (Arsenal Pulp
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Casey Hibbard says that when she doesn’t feel like writing, she works hard to engineer a mindset shift. Read this interview to learn more…. A corporate storyteller, Casey Hibbard helps businesses sell with the voices of their happy customers. She’s the author of the first
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Reading time: About 1 minute Laura Petrecca says that NOT writing is often what makes her a better writer. Read this interview to learn more… Laura Petrecca is an award-winning multimedia journalist, writer, editor, and content strategist with more than 25 years of experience at top media companies. Laura is
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Frances Peck gets reliable results by using an accountability partner. Read more about her strategy in this interview…. Frances Peck returned to creative writing later in life, after building a career as an editor, ghostwriter, and instructor. Her debut novel, The Broken Places, was a
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Kate Vrancken as the wonderful advice that if you’re not in the mood to write, writing will change your mood. Read this interview to learn more… Kaat Vrancken is a Belgian writer of children’s books and nonfiction in Dutch. She taught creative writing for 15
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Writer Nate Birt says he asks himself “what’s the most ridiculous thing I can come up with today?” when his fiction writing gets jammed up. Read this interview to learn the other strategies he uses… Nate Birt is a writer and founder of Silver Maple
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Reading time: About 1 minute Nicholas Read likes to remind writers that words on a page — any words — are always better than a blank page…. Nicholas Read is a former journalist and journalism instructor and a passionate defender of animal rights. Now retired, he still writes the occasional
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Ed Gandia likes to use mindmapping to keep himself creative during the writing process. Read this interview to learn the other strategies he employs…. Ed Gandia is a business-building coach who works to help established freelance writers and copywriters earn more in less time. His
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Emily Agnew says that using a timer is an essential part of her writing habit. Read this interview to learn the other strategies she employs…. Emily Agnew is a life coach for creative, sensitive people who suffer from anxiety, overwhelm, and self-doubt. She provides customized
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