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The Way Out is Through
On the very human desire to give up. I’ve learned the hard way that life is a long game. We are given what we can handle and no more. And we’re not here…
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All the abundance we possess
A craft talk on vulnerability and inspiration. On the beautiful and honest 9-11 stories written in the comments section this week. What tripped the…
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Where were you?
An open mic for Flight School writers 🎤 This is a day that requires its own placeholder: 9-11 and the attack on the World Trade Center and the…
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Flipping Out on the Antagonist
On your power as a creative writer. In this exercise, I’ve switched places with this nemesis who in many ways wasn’t a real person to me. She’s been…
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What Have I Done?
On starting a new book when another is almost done. Last week I wrote that I was stuck. That I couldn’t write another page of my novel. And this week, I…
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August 2023
Writer's Block: Real or Imagined?
Five ways to get through to the other side. I used to think that this kind of pause, or block, was ridiculous. I could write any time about anything…
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The Summer of You ~ Pt. 4
Busting nasty habits by focusing on meaning, sense and clarity. Don’t get discouraged but remember you are meeting your reader on the bridge, and they…
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The Summer of You ~ Pt. 3
The struggle pushing your story forward. I believe it was Sue Monk Kidd, in the back of her novel The Invention of Wings, who wrote that she considers…
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July 2023
Lit. Representation and the Laws of Gravity
As a writer, you will feel desperate about finding and signing with an agent. You will worry your work isn’t good enough and will be rejected. You will…
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The Summer of You ~ Pt. 2
What we eat and dealing with no time to write and a behind the scenes look at landing in a scene, plus questions to get you sharing. What are you…
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The Summer of You ~ Pt. 1
Why does it take so damn long? I used to hear these stories of writers who turned out a book every eighteen months (in fact, I thought I would be one of…
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Open Mic 🎤: Summer Office Hours
What are you working on? What do you need?
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