The Stages of Novel-Writing, Ranked from Worst to Best

I got to thinking about all the steps in the writerly process lately…

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Writers: Work on Multiple Projects

I have this habit…

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Writers: The Best Writing Advice You Will Ever Get

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The Best TV Shows for Writers

I know that a good amount of writing advice out there includes a rule somewhere that says something like, “Turn off the TV and write”…

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Writers: How Long Does It Take You From First Draft To Finished?

At my writing group last week, an interesting question arose…

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Writers: How To Carve Out Writing Time

Once upon a time, I had a dream…

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Writers: How To Take Advantage of a Writing Wave

A wonderful thing has been happening to me lately…

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Writers: How to Choose What to Write Next

The question How do you get your ideas? always makes me laugh.

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Writing Tip: On Goal-Setting

Some people say that in order to become a writer, you must write every day.

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Writers: On Your Day Job

Confession: when I first started writing *for real*, I honestly believed I only had a year or two of left of having to work a day job. “I’ll just stick it out until I finish this book,” I thought confidently. “I can deal with this until my glamorous writing career starts.”

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