wordswimmer

A morning of starts and stops of false beginnings of missteps trying to find my footing on a path I can’t see working through silence hoping...

Writing is Hard I wrote a picture book last year. Revised, revised, had some interest, revised, revised, got to a point where it felt better...

If you read only one book about the writing process this year, I hope you'll consider John McPhee's Draft No. 4: On the Writing Proc...

Keep the pen moving. It’s a skill that you need to learn. When you’re first beginning, it’s hard to keep the pen movin...

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” ~ Terry Pratchett Some writers gripe and groan about the challenges of first ...

I’m reaching the end of a first draft. That’s not to say that I’m finished with the story. It’s just that I’m coming to the end of my first ...

Spread your blanket under the nearest palm tree, make sure you've got plenty of sunscreen, and join us for a chat on the beach with Carr...

How do you navigate your way through the unknown journeys of first drafts? Some writers set sail without a map, loving the feel of the open ...

Let's start the new year without fooling ourselves. There are days when the water is going to look like mud--a dark, opaque, impenetrabl...