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I’m feeling sedentary.I’ve lost momentum on writing. Life has gotten in the way.
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There is short-form writing, and then there is SHORT FORM writing.My writing sucked, it was unnecessarily long and rambling, like a late autumn walk.
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I just wrote a story telling readers I’d been in jail!Why in the world did I do that?
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Susan Johnson:
Evolve or plan; how do you write?Writers have a choice when they start a new story; they can either let it evolve or make an outline plan.
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Janice Harayda
Never use this Unsplash image if you submit to The Writing Cooperative.This is the first of a series of idiosyncratic postmortems of Medium Day sessions. They aren’t meant to be comprehensive — they focus what…
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in Everything Shortform

I’m feeling sedentary.

I’ve lost momentum on writing. Life has gotten in the way.

Wow, there is a lot of hate running around — is that new?

It was sunny yesterday so I took three walks! I carried a duck egg most of the way. I gotta tell you that story.

Maybe she should have called the book ‘Eat Pray Censor.’

Writers face more pressure to self-censor than at any time since I began covering the publishing industry. Take Elizabeth Gilbert, the…

Your ancestors were brilliant.

You borrow the time device to go back to meet your writer ancestor. You beg her to sign your book, but she’s confused. You try to remind…

There is short-form writing, and then there is SHORT FORM writing.

My writing sucked, it was unnecessarily long and rambling, like a late autumn walk.

I just wrote a story telling readers I’d been in jail!

Why in the world did I do that?

Try this if you’re having trouble accessing the Medium Day replays.

If you’re using the app, try accessing the replays instead from your desktop. That’s been been working fine for me. Follow these steps.

Evolve or plan; how do you write?

Writers have a choice when they start a new story; they can either let it evolve or make an outline plan.

Never use this Unsplash image if you submit to The Writing Cooperative.

This is the first of a series of idiosyncratic postmortems of Medium Day sessions. They aren’t meant to be comprehensive — they focus what…

Medium Day replays will be available for a year on Hopin.

The Medium Day main stage has closed, but the sessions and networking will go on until 9 p.m. Eastern. Replays of today’s events will be…

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