“Practice drafts” are my least favorite thing about writing. It took me years to admit I sometimes need them, and longer still to actually implement them in any useful way, and I don’t use them very often even now. But when I need them, they’re really useful.
Read more →There are two basic kinds of stretchy writing projects: the deliberate ones and the accidental ones. The deliberate ones are, well, deliberate. The writer knows they have a weak spot, or a particular technique that they’ve never tried, so they deliberately design a project that’s going to
Read more →The longer (and to some extent, the more successfully) one has been writing, the easier it is to see that there are no rules or recipes. There is no “right answer” for most writing questions. There is only “a possible right answer for this story” or “an
Read more →Once again, it’s time for an Open Mike/Mic! Ask questions, complain about your vampire ducks or celebrate slaying them, or just grumble about the weather. Whatever you want.
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