I’ve followed the work of Erika Dreifus’ work for about three years, further proof of what a slacker I’ve been for not passing it along to you folks sooner. And so, still in ‘slacker’ mode, I’ll let her monthly newsletter’s table of contents do my work for me: IN THIS Read more…
Believe it or not–before the pandemic even started–I pitched my ‘Act Of Kindness Writing’ idea to the local community college. And then came mid-March. And then came a July email from the college’s community education folks. They were interested. Here’s a 50-second video pitch they asked me to produce. And Read more…
Fellow writers, in these pandemically, financially-challenging times, here–courtesy of BookBub–is your ticket to a writers conference and you can keep your bunny slippers on the whole time. [Hey, guy-writers, I’m not judging…] The word cloud above supplies most of the topics. Check it out and run the sessions in the Read more…
Today I’m sharing an insightful 2014 piece by Jon Brooks entitled Quentin Tarantino’s Telepathic Writing Technique. It is packed with concepts and ideas that I hadn’t before run across. Brooks introduced me to ‘mirror neurons’, which “fire both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action Read more…
He asks himself this question… And since I’m curating, bravo to Tim Denning for rounding up these writing tips from Austin Kleon.
Here are some tips from Writer’s Relief on writing nature poetry. Read its full discussion here. I’m thinking this list would work for prose, as well. Come to think of it, much of this applies to writing in general. But hey, that’s just me probably overthinking… Avoid the expected. Be Read more…
I sifted through this piece from hootsuite and I’m highlighting a few from its list. https://twitter.com/WritersDigest https://twitter.com/writing_tips The writer, Todd Clarke, caps the list with the following hashtags readers/writers can follow. #writing #amwriting #writinglife #spellcheckcannotsaveyou #writetips #writingtips #writingcommunity #grammar #LearnEnglish Hope you find some value here! Lift that pen and Read more…
Picked up on this interesting site via my weekly Internet Scout Report. This link takes you to its calendar of writing topics/prompts, but check out the other menu items as well, including the Writer’s Excuse Bingo, which strikes me as potential Zoom meeting fodder for your writers group. [Note: Ignore Read more…
Whoa…the 100 Interviews page alone abounds with lessons and insights from successful writers, researchers, and award-winners. Some favorite topics covered: The trap of calling yourself a ‘writer’ [Neil Pasricha] Drawing to Spark Writiing [Dana Simpson] Carving out distraction-free creative blocks [Dr. Michael Greger] Declaring a ‘shut-down’ time [KJ Dell’Antonia] How Read more…
The latest from Jon Winokur’s Advice to Writers blog. Also, excerpted in The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing The most important thing is you can’t write what you wouldn’t read for pleasure. It’s a mistake to analyze the market thinking you can write whatever is hot. You can’t say you’re Read more…