WriteByNight

Weekly mailing of education and inspiration

Prompt: All the Places You've Written

Published: Sat, 11/13/21

Happy weekend, writers! I haven't written in two weeks. Nope, not a word. The characters in my novel and stories are frozen in place, some of them in…

Prompt: Write About Your Writing Space

Published: Sat, 10/30/21

Hi WriteByNighters, There's no doubt that environment can play a large role in our creativity. Some of us like to write in isolation, with no other…

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…

Is My Writer Friend Insane?

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…

Of Sequence Out Writing

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…

How Do You Find New Books to Read?

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…

Micro Fiction Contest: Water-Colours!

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…

WriteByNight Misses You!

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)…

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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