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ways of knowing you're making progress with your writing

Sometimes we feel stuck, but we're not actually stuck. How do we know we're making progress? How can we choose a way of looking at this that's right for us? Table: Ways of Knowing You're Making Progress With Your Writing Way of

What's your weird writer thing?

One of the core beliefs of this experiment is we deserve actual tools to get unstuck, not advice on what worked for whatever famous author or some cis white business bro telling us how to have better habits. But I am sort of fascinated with the overall fascination around famous

The Coffee Mug Theory of Writing Process

This is just a little thought I've been playing with. I'm not sure if I'm ready to commit to this theory, but hey, that's what a theory is, right? I looked it up just to be sure. A theory is "a

Visuals, layout, reader experience, and you

When I published my essay collection Even the Cemeteries Have Space Here, I made the layout choices very intentionally to create a sense of spaciousness for the reader. Shea in the Catskills contributed artwork that further deepened the reader's spacious and reflective experience. I was asked about an

Are templates running our creative lives?

We need to talk about templates. These days, if you'd like to communicate an idea to another person, other than perhaps in casual conversation, there's a template for you. There's a Powerpoint template. There's an Instagram template. There's a website

A writing approach I'll never use

I have a confession. Judge if you want. I have always hated index cards. I have hated them since fourth grade when we were taught some irritating method of organizing our "bibliography" by tediously writing various information about books in specific places on the index cards. The directive

How to Be a Seahorse Dad

When your baby has a meltdown on the C train at rush hour and everyone stares – never fear. No one knows you birthed this little one you can't soothe. Let them imagine it's mommy's day off. Let them slot you into that well-trodden role