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A blog about the lifestyle of shedworkers and those who work from garden offices and other shedlike atmospheres

Evie Wyld on her journey to becoming a published author and her top writing tips

A roundup of resources for using the markdown-based notetaking app Obsidian.md to write fiction and manage worldbuilding-related notes.

The writing routines of the rich and famous.

When To Use It And When To Avoid It

Stepping away from social media, your desk, or your own noisy brain, can lead to unexpected connections and creative explorations.

Salesy. Insincere. Shallow. Most blog posts stink of "marketing," and these four mistakes are usually to blame.

Asana, Google Docs, and Meeting Readers Where they Are

You’re not writing enough! And you’re writing too much!

After the "keep it simple" in programming, the "keep it short" for writing.

Is the first draft the hardest? Is it different from a third draft, or a twelfth? Does a first draft possess unique challenges that we have to attack in a one-of-a-kind way? Yes, yes and yes. First drafts are killers A first draft is different from (and more difficult than) all subsequent drafts because in…

The 4 steps used by a 5-times-bestselling writer

"Insight comes, more often than not, from looking at what's been on the table all along, in front of everybody, rather than from discovering something new."

Today would have been the 98th birthday of Ray Bradbury, the greatest sci-fi writer in history, who (by no small coincidence) also happened to know a thing or two about writing. Like many American …

All the tips about submissions, taxes, queries, and careers I can give you in one place

Introducing The Long Conversation: The Newsletter

There are many authors who generously offer their advice to other authors, here are my favourites.

The AlphaSmart NEO and the AlphaSmart 3000 are a couple of portable word processors that are terrible for surfing the web – making them great for writing.

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How to deal with the bollocks in your head with creativity Published Jul 08, 2021

The easy way to generate 3 interwoven pieces of content

While I still feel unqualified to tell you how to write better, I decided it could be helpful if I shared the advice that’s helped me improve.

Tips to keep you from banging your head on your desk.

Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was one of the bestselling authors of all time. In Confessions of a Young Novelist, he shares some unique advice for writing fiction.