Thoughts on writing and life for November 2022

Why our most important goal as writers should be to connect with our readers

Just a few thoughts on why our most important goal as writers should be to connect with our readers.

This is an edited excerpt from my November 2022 newsletter, The Writing Life.

You can also listen to it on my Living the Writing Life podcast.

Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of reading about writing. Not about the craft part of it such as how to use dialogue to move the story or what elements in the setting can establi...