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GerganaDec 8, 20153 min read

Dear mum and dad, I’m a writer

I started writing letters to my parents in the beginning of this year. I found myself unable to respond…

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Lauren SapalaDec 21, 20153 min read

Want to Be a Better Writer? Watch More Movies.

Should writers even bother with movies? Shouldn’t they devote themselves to the written word?

Well, yes.

But the written word falls a little flat without any human element to back it up.

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Koni WaldenFeb 242 min read

A Writer of Fiction is a Foolish Creature

Writing is the art of telling yourself every day that what you have to say is important…

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Colette Clarke TorresMar 5

My writing sucks. I know this because I keep getting turned down when I attempt to submit a post to a publication on Medium.

When Your Writing Sucks

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I respectfully disagree with the idea that your writing, my writing, anybody’s writing sucks because it is turned down. The truth is that every writer has been turned down, even the “greats” and immortals. Different tastes, perspectives, politics, wrong side of the bed…who can say?

Persevere.

It is great that you are providing a place for writers to do just that!

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Carl Phillips in From the Desk of Carl PhillipsJan 53 min read

Writing Isn’t Meant to Be Easy

Writing is not easy!

Kaleigh MooreJan 44 min read

How to Write Funny

Ever read content so boring and awful it literally makes you want to barf? It happens to me more than I’d like. I see the college paper format and my eyes glaze over. And it’s not a good glaze, like the sticky stuff on donuts. It’s the glaze of an encroaching nap.

But every once in a while, I…

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Heather NannFeb 111 min read

An ode to writing: 8 fiendishly pithy quotes

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I liked this, and would have recommended it. But there is not one single quote from a female writer. Do the googles.

Hat tip here to Emma Cueto who posted this on Bustle

“A word after a word is power.” — Margaret Atwood

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Brian B BakerDec 7, 20152 min read

Reevaluating…

What we do in the moments when we want to scream defines how others see us.

These moments can be fleeting, or prolonged, but they will happen, and often.

The moment I realized I wasn’t the person I wanted to be, I thought of all the things I wanted to…

Bob MayerFeb 235 min read

Give Your Protagonist An Anomaly To Generate Interest And Make Your Book Stand Out.

Stories tend to blur together after a while. Reading the Bookbub descriptions each day of those books on special, they get numbing. I once submitted a bunch of ideas to an agent; he came…

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Michelle Richmond in Writers on WritingJan 162 min read

Why “Productivity” is the Worst Buzzword Ever for Writers

Stop “hacking.” Start writing.

Productivity is such a a ubiquitous buzzword these days, it’s easy to fall under its spell. I must confess to downloading nearly a dozen productivity apps…

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