In [fields other than writing]–sports, or music, or practical arts–learning through practice rules. Basketball players practice shooting baskets. Jazz musicians practice scales and intervals. Aspiring cooks apprentice themselves to masters to learn their skills. Even people learning a foreign language devote themselves to practice. This is a different way to learn from the one most […]
In no particular order: Because your writing group will keep you writing (literally if your group like mine writes during its time together). Because the writing you do once a week (or once a month, for that matter) oozes into the rest of your time — you’ll want to have work to share with your […]
I have been declaring myself a writer for … well, ages. I love meeting writers and talking about their writing with them, but among the many people I meet, two groups baffle me: 1. Writers who don’t admit that they write. (And why the heck not?) 2. People who want to write, and don’t. If […]
This coming Saturday, I will be presenting my “Writing with Emily Dickinson” talk at the South Whatcom branch of the Whatcom Public Libraries. Here’s a link, and I very much hope that you can join us. (The address is 10 Barn View Court, Sudden Valley, Gate 2 Bellingham, WA 98229.) Writing with Emily Dickinson Bethany Reid is […]