What’s Your Story?

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“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” The late novelist Terry Pratchett is one of many writers who’ve said some variation of the above. That’s because it’s pure truth. You can’t tell…

Winter Is Made for Books

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It's a grey, blustery day in Montreal, and it's got me thinking about the long winter ahead. Vermont winters can last six months long. Three ways to deal with it: snowbirding, find a favorite outdoor…

How to Become a Better Writer

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Writing is like a sport. If you don’t practice, you don’t get any better. Rick Riordan We were all taught how to write at some point. But what most of us learned was centered around…

Killing Your Darlings

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Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings. ~ Stephen King Few writers are as prolific as Stephen King. As of mid-2022, King has written…

All the World’s a Tool

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It feels like that some days, doesn’t it? Yeah. Bastards. But that’s not the kind of tool I mean. I’m talking about the word in its most literal usage: anything used as a means of…

TED and Me

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Ever watched a TED talk? They’re given by people with big ideas to share. People like Bill Gates, Brené Brown, Richard Branson, Seth Godin. A few years ago, one of them was given by me. My big idea was and…