Your Favorite Forms of Writer Self-Sabotage
Published: Sat, 06/05/21
Hi WriteByNighters, Frantically writing a story Sunday to hit a contest deadline, I made a typo. No big deal, right? Fi, move on. Here's what happened…
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Published: Sat, 06/05/21
Hi WriteByNighters, Frantically writing a story Sunday to hit a contest deadline, I made a typo. No big deal, right? Fi, move on. Here's what happened…
Published: Sat, 05/22/21
Happy weekend, writers! I don't know about you, but my internal critic is a Monday-morning quarterback. He doesn't hassle me while I write. He lets me…
Published: Sat, 05/01/21
Hi WriteByNighters, A few days ago a writer friend shared with me the epitaph she wants on her headstone. I suppose it put me into a morbid mood,…
Published: Sat, 04/24/21
Hi editors, On Tuesday I turned a 1,937-word story into a 1,000-word story. It was painful. I had to ditch more than a few of my favorite lines and…
Published: Sat, 04/10/21
Hi WriteByNighters, Have I hooked you yet? Probably not, because that's a dull opening line. An opening line has one purpose: To make the reader move…
Published: Sat, 04/03/21
Hello writers & readers, The concept of likeable vs. unlikeable characters is a hot-button issue in the small pond we all splash around in. Some…
Published: Sat, 03/20/21
Happy weekend, writers! One thing I won't be spending my Saturday/Sunday on is the new 900-page Philip Roth biography. Not *just* because I have…
Published: Sat, 03/13/21
Hello, WriteByNighter, While writing a guest post this week I realized that I blog far more about the writing process than I do about publishing.
Published: Sat, 03/06/21
Hi WriteByNighters! I come to you this weekend blog post-less. For one thing, I spent the week writing a guest post for another writing blog, and it's…
Published: Sat, 02/27/21
Happy weekend, writer! That's right, I called you a writer. If you write, then you're a writer. But will you always be a writer? For some of us,…