“It’s so hard to actually disregard advice that doesn’t work for you. The minute you start thinking about it, it’s ingrained in your head.” –Rose I decided I wanted to give a more detailed response to this than I gave in the comments two weeks ago, because
Read more →“Intuition” is generally defined as the ability to know or understand something by instinct, without conscious reasoning or analysis. It’s an important piece of the writing process for the vast majority of writers, no matter how analytical they normally are. How important, and in what way, depends
Read more →For several decades now, I have been a staunch supporter of the notion that “good writing” is subjective, and therefore not a terribly useful standard for people who want to become writers. Looking at my recent posts, it’s been a while since I talked about this directly
Read more →It’s another open mike, which is a good thing because my brain is frozen and it’ll be another week before the weather really starts warming up. I’m okay so far (and if you don’t know why I’m mentioning that, you haven’t been reading/watching news out of Minneapolis,
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