Influence has an important role in your writing. As you understand and work with different styles and influences, you’ll learn how to find your own voice. This is part four of a 12-part series on style and voice. Writers in the Story Course and the Story Intensive can determine their writing style by taking the… [Read More]
Organize your story drafts: a 3-step tutorial
When you’re writing short stories or essays, your work exists in pieces and layers. There’s your freewriting, your first drafts, your second and third drafts, your semi-finished drafts, and your submitted and/or published stories. You with me? Where does all of this live in your computer? How do you keep from feeling overwhelmed when you… [Read More]
Are you a Fearless writer?
Influence has an important role in your writing. As you understand and work with different styles and influences, you’ll learn how to find your own voice. This is part two of a 12-part series on style and voice. Writers in the Story Course and the Story Intensive can determine their writing style by taking the… [Read More]
Stop everything. Back up.
About a year ago, my computer began showing its age. It was sluggish. Unpredictable. Battery life was unreliable. Once it started crashing without any warning, I knew it was time to invest in a replacement. I’d left it so long, though, that I couldn’t even transfer my own files and settings. My old laptop was… [Read More]
What to do when things are uncertain.
Wherever you are in the world, I hope you, your family, and your neighbours are feeling well and are prepared for self-isolation. My wish is that we all work together, slow this pandemic, and that our public health workers will be able to take care of the sick without being overwhelmed by need. We don’t… [Read More]
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