MY MOTHER POSSESSED dozens of memorable sayings, all of which got stitched into me in more or less productive ways. When I was young enough to be utterly in her thrall, she told me that the world of … [Read more...] about How to Overcome Writers’ Resistance
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The Great Art of Rhetoric with Scott Keyser
SCOTT KEYSER KNOWS WRITING. Since 2004, he has trained over five thousand professionals in persuasive writing, including staff of The Economist Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, a number of international … [Read more...] about The Great Art of Rhetoric with Scott Keyser
Some New Insights on The Memoir Project Algorithm
ONCE YOU'VE WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED hundreds of thousands of words, chances are good that you'll sometimes experience the great delight of someone quoting you back to you. It used to be that the quote … [Read more...] about Some New Insights on The Memoir Project Algorithm
Five Tips For Cultivating – and Loving – Your Writer’s Eye
Recently, while a friend was recounting placing her estranged father in hospice, she mentioned the wind on that day, dropped in the curious and unique history of the town to which he will be moved, as … [Read more...] about Five Tips For Cultivating – and Loving – Your Writer’s Eye
How to Write an Op-Ed
YOU SHOULD WRITE AN OP-ED. Yes, you. Why? Simply put, learning to write op-eds will transform your writing. While the ways in which it will do so are many, the top five are that writing op-eds will … [Read more...] about How to Write an Op-Ed
How to Write Memoir, with Shirley Showalter
SHIRLEY SHOWALTER IS an award-winning educator, author, and speaker who has joined us on The Qwerty podcast to talk about how to write memoir. Listen in and read along as we discuss that, … [Read more...] about How to Write Memoir, with Shirley Showalter
