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Dec 3
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The secret to becoming a great fiction writer...
Start with poetry.
Sep 22
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Write your future with these 5 points.
Cast yourself as the movie hero who finds her soul and triumphs in the end.
Aug 18
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Books should be dangerous.
The moment kids think they’re for moral instruction, reading dies.
Jul 28
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The "It" Girl of college essays reminds me of a certain 1950s gym.
The “disagreement question” is a rhetorical question: it demands the right kind of answer.
Jul 16
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What it takes to sell your book
Oh, the horror!
Jul 15
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I cured my writer’s block with the greatest writer’s retreat in the world.
Good news: you already qualify. Bad news: You might get seasick.
Jul 12
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For a great speech or essay, try the Pith & Comet.
It’s just 40 words and a tail.
Jul 7
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To tell a story, put a camera on a cat.
Write these special effects to yank your audience into the scene.
Mar 4
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Jay Heinrichs
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A virgin field pregnant with possiblities!
“Verbal awareness” offers protection from knocking up your own prose.
Feb 27
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Words that sit in a happy place between Woke and Maga.
Archaisms are antiques with a patina of neutrality.
Feb 20
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Can "They" be a person?
The Hobson's choice between a confusing pronoun and sexism.
Jan 27
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