updated: a practical guide to writing a column that people will love to read
The updated guide for columnists and essayists who want to turn their lives into stories and write texts that people actually enjoy reading.
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Personal Column #25: I Accidentally Stalked My Neighbor.
A personal column about terrible timing.
finding your writer's voice through short form writing
small stories teach you things that 300 pages can't
I tried a new drafting technique that changed my writing
this might be the strangest way to beat writer's block
Personal Column #24: The Exam.
an essay about confidently misreading people
50 writing prompts for your hot writer‘s summer
writing prompts to help you notice, remember, and write your way through summer
Personal Column #23: The Most Expensive Conversation of My Life.
Sometimes all it takes is one conversation to make very poor financial decisions.
from “I want to write” to actually publishing weekly
The framework that helped me stop overthinking and start publishing consistently.
16 excerpts from an unwritten book
The sentences survived. The novel didn't.
50 ways to start a piece (so you never stare at a blank page again)
because the hardest sentence is usually the first one