The Last Ten Words You've Looked Up
Published: Sun, 10/03/21
Hi WriteByNighters, Sometimes when I'm struggling to write I'll scan the words I've looked up recently to see if anything sparks. It seems like a lot…
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Published: Sun, 10/03/21
Hi WriteByNighters, Sometimes when I'm struggling to write I'll scan the words I've looked up recently to see if anything sparks. It seems like a lot…
Published: Sat, 09/04/21
Hi WriteByNighters, I have a writer friend who operates under the premise that any novel he reads is a book written by its narrator. How many of you…
Published: Sat, 08/07/21
& writers Hi readers! OK, I think that's already more than enough dumb jokes about writing out of sequence. But it's my new thing. Writing out of…
Published: Sat, 07/17/21
Hi writers & readers! With bookstore browsing back in play, I've regained access to one of my main sources for finding new books to read. During NYC's…
Published: Sat, 06/26/21
Hullo, writers, The days are growing longer and our available time (and/or capacity) to write is growing shorter. I say this because I've done more…
Published: Fri, 06/25/21
Hello, ol' writer pal! It's been a long, long (long!) time since you opened a WriteByNight message, which I take to mean one of three things: 1)…
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…