WriteByNight

Weekly mailing of education and inspiration

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Published: Sat, 04/04/20

Dear WriteByNighters, A lot of you have been sharing your recommendations on what to read during this pandemic. Here’s my recommendation: Do whatever…

Turning to Writing During COVID-19

Published: Sat, 03/28/20

Dear WriteByNighters, If you're reading this email, you're a writer we've connected with, either recently, way back when, or sometime in between.

Four Discussions to Help Us Stay Connected

Published: Sat, 03/21/20

Hello, friends, With parts of the country already under shelter-in-place orders and the same looming over the rest of us... well, shit's getting…

Your 2020 Writing & Reading Goals Progress

Published: Sat, 03/07/20

Hi writers, We're more than a quarter of the way through 2020. Isn't that nuts? Didn't it just start? These fractions of a year always get me to…

Opening Your Story or Novel With Dialogue

Published: Sat, 02/29/20

Hello WriteByNighters, Earlier this week I started reading a novel that began with disconnected dialogue, which is something I rarely enjoy but have…

Keep Writing Till Your Heart Breaks

Published: Sat, 02/22/20

Hi writers, Inordinately busy this week -- too busy even to write (wait, really, or is that a rationalization, David?!) -- I don't have a new blog…

I Wrote Till My Heart Broke

Published: Sat, 02/15/20

Hi writers, There's a moment early in Chapter 2 of Under the Volcano where Yvonne asks her husband, the Consul, why he never responded to any of the…

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