Post Overview
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Expression
7 months ago+1 1 0On a 45-mile chain of WA trails, our writer got more than bargained for
ON ICICLE RIDGE, Chelan County — Weary, low on water and waiting for a lift from a helicopter, I knew I would have plenty of time to ponder the big questions. Like: “How did this happen? Where did I go wrong? Am I an idiot?”
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Analysis
7 months ago+1 1 0Writing Better Neurodivergent Characters in Fiction
I blinked a lot as a kid. Like, a lot a lot. And my head jerked, like a nod, only quicker and sharper and repeatedly. And I grunted. I didn’t even know I grunted until someone pointed it out to me.…
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Analysis
7 months ago+1 1 0How To Write As If You Aim To Trick Others Into Believing That You Are Generative AI
Learn about the controversy over generative being used as a ghostwriter. In addition, insider tips are provided about telltale clues of generative AI written content.
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Expression
8 months ago+1 1 0A Scribe’s Musings: Cursive writing a curse or blessing?
Larry Schneider shares his thoughts on the importance of learning cursive writing.
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Analysis
9 months ago+27 27 0Writing a Memoir Won’t Solve All of Your Problems
More and more people are writing memoirs than ever before. The trend is an extension of social media, and people being conditioned by algorithms to put their lives on display, and it’s creating higher levels of self-involvement, and one can easily be ...
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Analysis
9 months ago+18 18 0Why academics should hire generalists to edit their work (opinion)
When seeking an academic editor, you may want to consider a generalist, writes Natalie Schriefer, who suggests how to find the best one for your work.
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Analysis
9 months ago+26 26 0The End of Reading
College students aren't reading anymore, unless you count texts, tweets, and social media comments (but I don't and here's why).
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Analysis
10 months ago+35 35 0What’s better for the climate: A paper book, or an e-reader?
Books take a lot of resources to make. Digital readers do, too. What's the more sustainable option? The answer isn't straightforward.
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Expression
10 months ago+34 34 0On waiting until you're ready to get serious about your work
Writer Arriel Vinson on finding a book’s form, returning to your original intention, and prioritizing the work.
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Analysis
10 months ago+26 26 0Ghostwriters Try Steering Supreme Court Justices Away from Cases
Ghostwriting Supreme Court briefs is a little-known tactic that’s gotten some attention over ethics and whether the justices should do something about it.
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How-to
10 months ago+20 20 0Tip sheet: Breaking into ghostwriting books
Want to break into book ghostwriting and collaborating? Follow these helpful tips from two industry experts.
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Analysis
10 months ago+21 21 0Ghostwriter shares insight into Noem book process
“Celebrity memoirs, they are fan fiction,” Lisec said. “You take a couple of details then expand it."
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Review
10 months ago+25 25 0Author has advice for writers: Attenberg’s book aims to keep you motivated to write
You need someone like Jami Attenberg, of Buffalo Grove, Ill., in your head. She has this new book, “1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative, Focused and Productive All Year Round,” which is sort of the advice book equivalent of that friend w ...
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Analysis
10 months ago+30 30 0The Uniqueness of the Human Writer
The fiction writer designs a plot, characters, and detail in order to create an intended effect or meaning. The best a bot can do is scramble for pre-existing literary patterns and throw something together. Its “creativity” depends on the massive col ...
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Analysis
10 months ago+32 32 0The troubling trend with ghostwriting
Internationally acclaimed ghostwriter and persuasive writing coach Joshua Lisec has ghostwritten more than 80 books.
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How-to
11 months ago+28 28 0My top 5 tools to beat distractions and get more writing done - or any work, really
To avoid distractions, I enlist a particular set of tools. Whatever your writing platform - Linux, MacOS, Windows, Android, or iOS - help is here.
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Expression
11 months ago+12 12 0Writing from the Heart: Just the facts, ma'am
I love Mark Twain’s line, “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” So here is a story of how I let a good story get in the way of the truth. My motto at the point when this story happened was facts didn’t matter, feelings did. I was youn ...
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Expression
11 months ago+27 27 0Carter Wilson Interviewed Hundreds of Writers — Here’s What He Learned From Them\
I launched my podcast Making It Up nearly three years ago with the goal of interviewing writers not for any particular work of theirs, but to talk to them about their lives.
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Expression
11 months ago+25 25 0How long will printed books continue to exist and be necessary in the future?
Books will live on if we allow them to remain. We will need a tactile world to remind us that we are still here, that we can suffer and heal, make considered judgments, and love in a way that only biological beings can.
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Current Event
11 months ago+17 17 0‘You can see it as a revenge fantasy’: The new book arguing that enslaved people co-authored the Bible
God’s Ghostwriters by Candida Moss aims to shine a light on the contributions to Christianity by imprisoned workers