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Receiving criticism

As you’ve probably learned by now if you’ve shown your writing to anyone other than your mom—assuming your mom thinks everything you do...

No matter how long you’ve been writing—or how recently you’ve started—your work can benefit from a writers’ group. If you’ve never heard...

Last week I talked about writing seminars and workshops, short events that are often free at places like your local library. If you’re...

I have a writing workshop coming up next week; I’ll be presenting at the Orange County Public Library on crafting strong characters. Some...

If you’ve been pressed for time and have very little of it left over for writing—assuming you don’t write for a living—you may have run...

If you prefer longer writing sessions (and who doesn’t?), you may wonder why anyone would want to write in ten-minute bursts. And I get...

Today I’d like to address something you may be thinking if you’ve gotten past your first draft. Maybe you’ve tried writing whenever you...

For the past couple weeks, I’ve shared some of my thoughts on talent and what it means for writers in general. But so many of us think...

Last week I started a three-part post on talent, which deserves a lot more space than just three posts because writers think about it a...

In last week’s post about how the muse can be a double-edged sword, I briefly mentioned talent. It relates to the muse in that it’s...