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Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 7.10.24

Words for writers from Margaret Atwood

 

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Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 7.3.24

Words for writers from Mavis Gallant

 

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Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 6.26.24

Words for writers from M. Night Shyamalan

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Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 6.19.24

Words for writers from Brit Marling

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Thoughts on writing and life for June 2024

Just a few thoughts on why we shouldn’t confuse “I’ve never done it” with “I can’t do it.”

This is an edited excerpt from my June 2024 newsletter, The Writing Life. (Subscribe here.)

You can also listen to it on my Living the Writing Life podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Do you have a tendency to confuse “I’ve never done it” with “I can’t do it”?

I know in the past I have, and it wasn’t until I was given some great advice from a fellow writer, ...

Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 6.12.24

Words for writers from Flannery O’Connor

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Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 6.5.24

Words for writers from Grace Paley

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Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 5.29.24

Words for writers from Alice Munro

 

 

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Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 5.22.24

Words for writers from Margaret Atwood

 

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Thoughts on writing and life for May 2024

Just a few thoughts on why we shouldn’t confuse creative dormancy with creative death.

This is an edited excerpt from my May 2024 newsletter, The Writing Life. (Subscribe here.)

You can also listen to it on my Living the Writing Life podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

I want to talk a little about dormancy—what it is, why it happens. First, the dictionary definition of dormancy is “the state of being temporarily inactive or inoperative.” ScienceDirect says it’s “a widely recognized beha...