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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 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
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
3 tips to yank you out of the “but…I can’t write” vortex
3 tips to yank you out of the “but…I can’t write” vortex
Don’t freak out, but it took me over two decades to find my voice.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Oct 4, 2018
Quit it With the Garbage About Going “Viral”
Quit it With the Garbage About Going “Viral”
Do you really want your art to spread like sickness?
Felicia C. Sullivan
Oct 1, 2022
Girls, Interrupted: a reading list of mental illness
Girls, Interrupted: a reading list of mental illness
Felicia C. Sullivan
Mar 22, 2017
Let’s Talk About Point of View
Let’s Talk About Point of View
Learn how to master the mechanics of perspective
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jun 11, 2019
How to Develop Delicious Characters for Your Novel
How to Develop Delicious Characters for Your Novel
It’s time to put your reader’s heart on pause
Felicia C. Sullivan
Sep 22, 2019
There’s a Difference Between Cruel and Constructive Criticism
There’s a Difference Between Cruel and Constructive Criticism
Can We Quit it With the Pearl-Clutching?
Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 15, 2019
Why I stopped kicking sand in my face
Why I stopped kicking sand in my face
For my whole career, I’ve kept my novel-writing separate from my marketing work. This year, all the kids are playing nice in the sandbox.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Mar 1, 2018
Enduring Two Years of Botched Surgery
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Enduring Two Years of Botched Surgery
My Columbia MFA Experience
Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 19, 2017
“I Really Couldn’t Relate to The Murdering Psychopathic Main Character”
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“I Really Couldn’t Relate to The Murdering Psychopathic Main Character”
The contagion of “relatability” in fiction.
Felicia C. Sullivan
May 15, 2017
Let’s Talk About Crafting Killer Dialogue
Let’s Talk About Crafting Killer Dialogue
Learn how to master the mechanics of dialogue in stories
Felicia C. Sullivan
May 4, 2019
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