Published in Creators Hub·Aug 30, 2021Why Taking a Break May Actually Power You ForwardThere’s power in inaction — Between May of last year and May of this year, I got a lot of creative projects done. Somehow, even during the height of the pandemic, my inner overscheduled A-student took over and knocked out deadline after deadline: I wrote two musicals, I submitted an application to a musical theater…Writing Tips7 min readWriting Tips7 min read
Published in Creators Hub·Mar 22, 2021‘Shoulds’ Are the Death of Creative SparkTry focusing on your wants — When the coronavirus was declared a pandemic in March 2020, everyone was baking that perfect sourdough, perfecting their Spanish language skills, or learning acoustic guitar (on social media anyway). I felt like I should be taking advantage of this time, of all of the wonderful offerings from my favorite creative…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Published in Creators Hub·Jan 5, 2021Writing Constraints WorkYou have 10 minutes; go! — You don’t have all day; really you don’t. You have something you want to say, you want to craft it into an article or a story, and you want it to be done already (most writers — beginning, intermediate, and expert — find writing a painful process). …Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
Published in Creators Hub·Dec 2, 2020Grammar Mistakes That Medium’s Copy Editors Really Don’t Want You to MakeCommon errors and copy editor pet peeves to avoid — Here at Medium, when it comes to copy editing, we believe “copy style is like design with words.” (Iris, one of our copy editors, wrote that CE poetry!) Our copy editors are the gatekeepers of that word design, the house style, and general good grammar across Medium’s owned publications. …Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
