Some have appropriated unto the process of writing a somewhat romantic picture. We imagine our favorite writers hunched over desks, grumbling to themselves through sips of whiskey…
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Lessons, tips, and reflections on being writers; especially discussing the process of composing words, different genres and their related techniques, and meaningful glimpses into their growth as authors, tutors, and readers.
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What Was YOUR First Book?
The books we read as children can have profound influence over us for the rest of our lives. Your first book can be like your first love…
Over the DePaul summer term, the CMWR held a weekly Book Club in collaboration with the English Language Academy, and our selection was the teen-fiction thriller The…
Here at the UCWbL, many of us believe in the value of “shitty first drafts,” an idea popularized by the writer Anne Lamott. When beginning a piece,…
“Talking and eloquence are not the same,” Ben Jonson once observed. “To speak, and to speak well, are two things.” In his new book, Microstyle, Christopher Johnson,…
When you’re running short of ideas for your writing, there are a few methods via which you can try to get over the proverbial block that sits…
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Writing.com
I know I frequently offer websites to you all that I think will be useful to writers. But today I found one that I myself am going…
In a recent post on The Stone, the New York Times’ blog for contemporary philosophical issues, Notre Dame professor Gary Cutting takes a look at a recent…
Hey there again, writers. I know I’ve already lobbied for the awesomeness that is Camp NaNoWriMo, but let me give you a breakdown of the tools that…
Can you count on one hand the number of people outside of school who have read your work? This is a shame.  You may be thinking, “talk…