I Spent College Pretending I Hadn't Read The Alchemist. But That Book Taught Me Everything About Finding My Voice.
I spent most of college pretending I hadn't read The Alchemist.
I was surrounded by engineers — sharp, serious people who, if they read at all, read the heavy stuff. The stuff you don't feel embarrassed to say out loud. Dostoevsky. Camus. Moliére.
You know, the fartsy fancy stuff of high literary circles.
The kind of books you could leave spine-out on a desk, and people would think you were sm...
I Almost Did Drugs to Keep Track of My Writing Ideas. Then I Had a Midlife Crisis Instead.
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I Almost Did Drugs to Keep Track of My Writing Ideas. Then I Had a Midlife Crisis Instead.
Maybe you are one of those writers obsessed with a single topic.
That's all they ever want to write — one genre revolving around a central theme.
Some of my favorite writers do this. Some of my friends do this, too.
If that's you, maybe this is not for you.
What I'm about to talk about is for the writer...
I Have Evidence. And When They Have Kids, I'm Using It.
Before my youngest could walk, she had already figured out the door.
My youngest learned to run before she could run. We always knew she was full of energy. And it was clearest whenever I was about to leave the house with her sister. She would kick very hard in her bouncy.
I couldn't wait to bring her with me on "adventures," which is what I call going with my daughters to run errands.
Now I t...
The Storytelling Frame
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