The Difference Between a Story Idea and a Story That Actually Survives the Draft I have a folder on my computer called “Story Ideas”… Read more
I Tried Writing Every Day and Then Tried Not Writing Every Day For about three months last year, I wrote every single… Read more
The Smallest Writing Habit That Quietly Changed Everything for Me I should say upfront that this isn’t going to be… Read more
I Rewrote the Same Scene Five Different Ways and Here’s What Changed Each Time A few weeks ago, I got completely stuck on a… Read more
What Happens When You Let a Character Make a Bad Choice on Purpose I was about three chapters into a short story when… Read more
Writing Scenes I Know Will Never Make the Final Story (And Why I’m Doing It Anyway) Last week I spent two hours writing a conversation between… Read more
The First Draft I Was Afraid to Re-Read and What It Taught Me About Fear in Writing There’s a document on my computer I haven’t opened in… Read more
I Tried Writing Without a Plot for 30 Days and Here’s What Actually Happened So there I was, stuck again. Just completely stuck. You… Read more
