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How to Write a Book When You’ve Got a Full-Time Job
How to Write a Book When You’ve Got a Full-Time Job
All you need is structure and a process.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jun 23
I’m Quitting My Big Writing Dream
I’m Quitting My Big Writing Dream
And why I’m not mad about it.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jul 2
How to Be a Surgeon With Your Writing
How to Be a Surgeon With Your Writing
“You have to throw out the good stuff to get the best stuff.”
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jul 9
Writers Should Never Be Packaged, Peddled, and Productized
Writers Should Never Be Packaged, Peddled, and Productized
The success of our art should be what we create, not how we preen and perform on social media.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jun 29
Want to Be a Great Writer? Don’t Brag About Being a Non Reader
Want to Be a Great Writer? Don’t Brag About Being a Non Reader
Being a book lover is about supporting a community.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jul 11
How to Write Your Way Out of Your Novel’s Middle
How to Write Your Way Out of Your Novel’s Middle
It’s possible to escape the cruel torture that is the middle of your book.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jun 10
You Don’t Need to Write Every Day to Be a Great Writer
You Don’t Need to Write Every Day to Be a Great Writer
Because you’re writing even when you’re not writing.
Felicia C. Sullivan
May 27
How To Write — Even When You’re Not Writing
How To Write — Even When You’re Not Writing
A deep-dive into my process with examples
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jun 2
We Need to Stop Equating Being a Great Writer to Being a Famous One
We Need to Stop Equating Being a Great Writer to Being a Famous One
They’re not one and the same.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jun 7
I Published a Book Five People Read
I Published a Book Five People Read
Why I’m not mad about it.
Felicia C. Sullivan
May 12
Don’t Cut Yourself Open For Clicks
Don’t Cut Yourself Open For Clicks
You can be vulnerable and honest without publishing every aspect of your private life.
Felicia C. Sullivan
May 4
Great Writing Isn’t About Clicks, It’s About Impact
Great Writing Isn’t About Clicks, It’s About Impact
Don’t fall for the scam that is the cult of more.
Felicia C. Sullivan
May 20
How to Use Brand-Building Techniques to Find Your Voice as a Writer
How to Use Brand-Building Techniques to Find Your Voice as a Writer
Trust me on this
Felicia C. Sullivan
Aug 10, 2023
Great Writing Isn’t About Following a Formula, It’s About Feelings
Great Writing Isn’t About Following a Formula, It’s About Feelings
Create work that remains with the reader instead of focusing on virality.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 27
Your “Writing” Advice Makes Me Want to Gouge My Eyes Out
Your “Writing” Advice Makes Me Want to Gouge My Eyes Out
I thought I escaped this nonsense after my MFA program, but no.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 23, 2020
You’re the Same Wilderness You’ve Always Been
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You’re the Same Wilderness You’ve Always Been
What happens after you write a book about your first love and hurt
Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 27, 2017
Tell Stories That Matter
Tell Stories That Matter
Don’t just perform for clicks
Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 27, 2019
You Have to Return for The Snakes
You Have to Return for The Snakes
The one piece of writing advice that will change everything
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jun 14, 2019
I Don’t Write “Content”; I Tell Stories
I Don’t Write “Content”; I Tell Stories
Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer…Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation.’ You can either write good sentences or you…
Felicia C. Sullivan
Feb 25, 2016
How to Write Page-Turning Plots
How to Write Page-Turning Plots
When writing a novel, planning your plot is easier than you think.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Nov 6, 2019
I’m Finally Getting a Room of My Own
I have three months to finish a book. Tick tock, tick tock.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Sep 25, 2022
You broke it, now wear it broken
You broke it, now wear it broken
Redefining success as the act of achievement not the result of the achievement.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 7, 2017
How I Write
How I Write
Notes on how I build a story, one line at a time.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 7, 2020
It’s Hard Not To Be Bitter About My Writing
It’s Hard Not To Be Bitter About My Writing
And if you tell me to “you have it better than me,” I will punch you in the face.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 11, 2022
Picture Ted Bundy with a whisk and a head of red hair
Picture Ted Bundy with a whisk and a head of red hair
When you asked me what influenced the creation of my novel, it’s this…
Felicia C. Sullivan
Feb 22, 2017
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