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If just the thought of editing makes you want to start pulling your hair out, I understand. I don’t think I know a single writer who likes editing. It’s excruciating. And it doesn’t really get better. Actually, the more you do it, the worse it gets. But everybody needs it. Recently a book marketing guy…
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Have you ever reduced your life to one project that meant the world to you? That spoke to your heart, that you were fully dedicated to finishing and doing well? That you tuned in to your deepest sense of discipline for? If you have, try to remember what that felt like. (If you haven’t, envision…
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Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic (which I wrote about here), asks aspiring young writers whether their writing loves them. According to her, they generally look at her like she’s crazy — quite rightly, I think. But she uses this question to open up a different point, one that I think is valid. Via Big Magic…
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I hate talking about myself. I do. I really hate it. I’m not a talker; I’m a writer. When, in conversation, someone turns to me and wants to know all about me, I freeze up, I get shy, I try to say as little as possible and then I change the subject, trying to turn…
Writers often answer the question “Why do you write?” with “Because I have to.” I get that. If I go too many days without writing, I become cranky and snappish and uncomfortable with myself. No one wants to live with me in that state, not even me. Best if I sequester myself in a quiet warm…
If you haven’t read Part 1 of this series yet, go do that here: How to Become a Better Writer When Writing Makes You Want to Die, Part 1. That’s a big deal. And it’s hard. And people don’t talk about how much difference it makes when you can do that. Today’s way to become…