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The Unexamined Writer

Writing about your own writing

Jul 18 •

Research 101: Required Reading

Working with secondary sources

May 6 •

Marginal Notes: Andrea Barrett

Dust and Light: On the Art of Fact in Fiction

Apr 30 •

Research 101: The Horse's Mouth

Working with primary sources

Apr 15 •

Research 101: Dragnet

Why you should start big and work backwards

Feb 12 •

Writing the Right Book

New year. New book. But which one?

Jan 21 •

Finishing Lines

The end of the year and the end of the manuscript

Dec 23, 2024 •

The point of no return

No more middling middles

Sep 17, 2024

On finishing a draft

Aug 20, 2024 •

So I finally snapped

How my own book broke me

Jul 16, 2024 •

Revision 101: ten books in a trench coat

Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure potentiality

Jun 11, 2024 •

Character 101: naming the world

What to call fictional people

May 8, 2024 •

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