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Hi! This year (2022), I’ve decided to share a poem on my blog and podcast and read it aloud. It’s all a part of my quest to be brave and apparently the things that I’m scared about still include: My...

23 Maj 20222min

Hi, welcome to Write Better Now, a podcast of quick, weekly writing tips meant to help you become a better writer. We’re your hosts with NYT bestselling author Carrie Jones and copyeditor extraordinai...

18 Maj 20227min

There’s this thing called a biological clock and it’s basically the timer of a bunch of things that your body does. It controls when you go to sleep, when you shoot out an egg, when your energy is hig...

18 Maj 202214min

Loneliness He is known as he enters the emergency room, jeans sagging off his waist as an orderly ambles To meet him. He is hunching at the precipice between lobby and hall, intake and bathroom, and R...

16 Maj 20223min

Here are some fast and dirty writing tips today that’s going to make your writing more intense. Ready? Think about your tenses What’s that mean? It means don’t be writing like things are happening now...

11 Maj 20227min

You can totally hack into other people’s heads. It sounds dastardly, right? But you can tweak other people’s memories. On Mind Hacks, Heather Fishel cites the work of Dr. Jon Lieff and writes: “Once a...

10 Maj 202218min

Hi! This year (2022), I’ve decided to share a poem on my blog and podcast and read it aloud. It’s all a part of my quest to be brave and apparently the things that I’m scared about still include: My...

9 Maj 20223min

Last week on WRITE BETTER NOW, we talked about fear for our characters as we write, and not all of you are writers, but I bet a lot of you are characters. Sorry! We couldn’t help teasing you there. An...

4 Maj 202218min