Feedback This month I’ve been taking a class in creative non-fiction over at The Porch. A dozen or so women sit around a big plank table each week, and we talk about delicious classics like “You Blow My Mind! Hey,…
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Wednesday Words for Writers ~ P
Planning One of the harder tasks in the world ofΒ writing is the planning required. Yet, planning helps spread out all the other tasks, and makesΒ getting started one step. Otherwise, all the overwhelming steps come at youΒ at once. Even writers long…
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Wednesday Words for Writers ~ R
How to Plan Your Writing RetreatΒ Have you ever wished for an uninterrupted time of focused writing or editing? Yet you don’t want to sink back into binge writing that drains your life and energy, making you want to abandon…
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Wednesday Words for Writers ~ E
Eagle’s Eye ViewΒ When IΒ began my dissertation some moons ago, I attended a workshop where I learned a few strategies and approaches that I still use today when I write. The workshop facilitator,Β Dr. Cynthia Ganote,Β a sociologist and life coach, is…
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Wednesday Words for Writers ~ C
Confidence Crisis This is part of theΒ occasional series Wednesday Words for Writers. Check out previous posts on the letter A and theΒ letter B. This post comes from a recent response I made to one of the academic writers that I…
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Wednesday Words for Writers ~ B
Blocks What usually comes to mind when youΒ think of “writer’s block”? Is it the blank page or flashing cursor on the screen? The stories and words that won’t be fully formed in yourΒ mind? Or is it that elusive idea that…
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Wednesday Words for Writers ~ A
ASK Writing is often a solitary enterprise. Yet all kindsΒ of connections are needed for writing to begin, to improve, to be published, and of course to be read. In the early stages of writing oneΒ of the best things aΒ writerΒ can do…
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