Posts Tagged ‘writing’

Write Now!
A deadline is the arch nemesis of humanity’s most endearing hindrance, procrastination.
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Let Go of the String — Lessons from My Grandfather, Part 2
My motivation for writing work would flame high and then, when I felt like I wasn’t succeeding well enough or fast enough, it would completely burn out.
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Romanticizing Alcohol (or Why Writing Drunk Is a Terrible Idea)
I’d peel my face off the pillow and read what I’d written the night before. And even in my still fermented state, I knew it was trash.
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Keep Your Pencils Sharp — Lessons from My Grandfather, Part 1
He used his #2 pencils to record, in tiny perfect handwriting, every single writing-related task that he carried out each day for 50 years.
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Where’d I Put My Big Girl Pants?
If we want to be working writers, the only thing that really matters is that we keep showing up.
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Dead Can’t Dance, part 1
Why would someone who freely writes about the most private things in her life feel panicky when asked about those very things in public?
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The Ups and Downs of Having a Day Job
Achieving your dream of [insert dream here] will most likely also include a day job. Or a night job. Or a day and a night job. Or any job you can find.
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