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5 Writing Lessons You Need to Unlearn (and 5 more you should adopt)
Oh sure. We all remember high school English. Verb-noun agreement. Proper use of the comma. How to write a thesis statement and a conclusion. But some lessons are better off being forgotten. Here are five: 1 – Three sentences make a paragraph Not always. In fact, hardly ever. If you’re writing a college essay, follow […]
I didn’t say anything
When I was nine, my mother combed my long dark locks into a side part and clipped them with a single metal barrette for picture day. I wore a turtleneck with a tiny red whale print and a matching red sweater. I carpooled with neighbors to a private all-girls Catholic school two towns away. The […]
Train your brain to write better
You train your muscles for strength, endurance and coordination. You can also train your brain to be more creative. Research proves the brain can build greater creativity with practice. In writing, that means letting go of the tired voice inside that says you can’t do it. Or don’t know what to say. Or might be […]
The one writing mistake you don’t even know you’re making
It’s damn hard to commit to things we fear. Things we’re not sure we can do well. What if trying is just a huge waste of time, money and energy? What if someone doesn’t like what you write? I’m not ready yet. I’m not good enough. What if no one likes it? Been there. Done […]
Because ‘I can’t’ is bullsh*t. Just write.
You may have heard, I was a reporter who suffered from severe anxiety and writer’s block. It took me ten years and countless panic attacks to work through it, but I did. I figured chances were excellent other writers had the same struggles. So I took my skills (it’s more about embracing fear that fighting […]
Success is a hell of a lot easier when you have support
People need definitions to make sense of things. Jobs and hobbies are no different. We cage them behind glass panels to look at (admire?) with neat labels. If you work in accounting, you spin math. If you nurse, you’re a giver. Tennis players are athletes. Chess makes you smart. So what about us? You know, […]
The Writing Process: Get Sh*t Done
You know what they say about excuses? They fucking suck. Yet we still use them. Maybe we’re guilt-driven, time-exhausted dreamers who – as much as we don’t want to admit it – put everything outside of our writing careers first. Who has time to sit down and write when the house hasn’t been vacuumed in […]
Anxiety and fear have no place in writing
Anxiety and fear suck, but they’re also the great equalizers. We all suffer them in various forms. Confronting challenges isn’t a ‘you’ problem, it’s an ‘us’ problem. This shit constricts the chests of writers and editors – men and women – across the globe. The difference between successful writers – the ones you admire – […]