Friday, May 22, 2020

Using the Enneagram's 9 Personality Types to Create Vivid Characters in Fiction and Memoir

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No one likes to be categorized or typecast, but when it comes to creating vivid characters on the page, I find the personality system of ...
Friday, May 15, 2020

Unexpected Blessings of Writing by Hand: What Other Writers Find in Their Handwriting That's Not on Their Computer

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Do you know "BrainPickings," the online newsletter/digest put together by Maria Popova?  (If you don't, it's worth a look...
Friday, May 8, 2020

Creative Resistance to Hard Times--Guest Blog by Author Ellen Prentiss Campbell

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Ellen Prentiss Campbell's  Known By Heart: Collected Stories , appeared May 1 (Apprentice House Press). In 2016 her debut novel  The ...
Friday, May 1, 2020

Refining Your Writing Space for Sheltering at Home

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One of my favorite writing treats when life seemed normal was an afternoon at our local coffee shop. Surrounded by a dozen others, all plug...
Friday, April 24, 2020

Ways to Inch Back into Writing--If You've Stalled Out (Some Good Habits to Test Out during a Pandemic)

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I subscribe to Jane Friedman's excellent newsletter and the recent article,  "Writing from the Bottom Rung."  by guest writer...
Friday, April 17, 2020

Online Connection--How to Find Your Virtual Writing Tribe While Sheltering at Home

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One of my students emailed me this week with a good question.  He's been part of a writing group and loved the social and creative time...
Friday, April 10, 2020

Making Time for Writing When You Have Nothing to Do

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Last week I taught my first Zoom class to five writers from across the U.S. when our weeklong retreat in Santa Fe was cancelled thanks to C...
Friday, April 3, 2020

Three Practices to Keep Creatively Healthy Right Now

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I'm back to writing this week.  You may not be, yet.  I've heard from a steady stream of students and coaching clients and many are...

Three Different Storyboards to Map Your Book's Structure

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I love the random approach to writing a book ( islands , a term coined by Kenneth Atchity in  Write Time,  appeal to me most).   Storyb...
Friday, March 20, 2020

Writing in Uncertain Times--A Few Thoughts on the Gift of a Writing Practice Right Now

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I looked back in my journal this morning and was struck again at how fast everything has happened.  Like most of you, I've been trying ...