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Back to SearchEp 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. As a writer, you've probably been spotting new …
8 years, 11 months ago
Ep 109: Improve Your Writing with a Growth Mindset
My mom, a journalist, was talking with a friend. She beamed at my brother. “Charlie, he’s the writer of the family. And Annie? She’s…” Here, I felt m…
8 years, 11 months ago
Ep 108: When Writers Compare - The Good, Bad, and Ugly
As we seek out mentor texts to imitate or emulate, we encourage the mindset of comparison. When I suggested you search out writing you admire, you’re…
8 years, 11 months ago
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 from literature. But co…
9 years ago
Ep 106: Learn from the Best - Imitate but Don't Plagiarize
A brief word of warning: this is a longer-than-usual episode. Instead of falling within the typical five- to eight-minute range, this episode clocks …
9 years ago
Ep 105: There was never yet an uninteresting life - Visiting Mark Twain's Hannibal, Missouri
We stepped inside the cave entrance and followed our guide down narrow passageways to see its wonders. The Mark Twain Cave, a national landmark just …
9 years ago
Ep 104: Learn from the Best - The Book Is Yours When You Write in Its Margins
"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” ~ Stephen King You’ll hear that advice a lot. You …
9 years ago
Ep 103: The Trouble with Memoir Is a Wiggly Mind
Memoir depends upon memories, yet memory is a living thing—a slippery, unreliable thing. In her book The Art of Memoir, Mary Karr describes memory as…
9 years, 1 month ago
Ep 102: Grow as a Writer - Surround Yourself with Excellence
I heard Seth Godin interviewed on a podcast. He said: The fact that the market is noisy is not the same as the fact that your work is mediocre. Medio…
9 years, 1 month ago
Ep 101: Energize Your Writing by Memorizing Poems
My brother memorized the poem "Jabberwocky" when he was a teenager, and I thought that was so cool. At the time could not think of anything to memori…
9 years, 1 month ago