The poet Naomi Shihab Nye says to write three lines every day.

In 2011, I was fortunate to hear the poet Naomi Shihab Nye speak at Earlham College in Indiana. She said two things I still remember: everyone needs…

William Stafford once wrote, “My aim is not to be a writer, but to write” (from the book Sound of the Ax)…

1. Buy the cheapest notebook that’ll fit in your pocket. Spiral-top ones are good for keeping pages together through the ruggedness of daily use. Don’t get too fussy about the design. Expensive ones may be nice, but then you might feel that only nice things can go in it.

From reading internet comments on posts about writing, it would seem that writers don’t like getting advice. I saw one post on another platform yesterday asking for writers to comment with their least favorite writing advice. It was like the…