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Seders and the magic "if"
To call Passover a festival of storytelling would be to imply all the others all aren’t, which wouldn’t be true. But it is certainly the most…
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"Inadvertent Research"
What's the main ingredient we bring to the blank page, whether we know we're bringing it or not?
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"I Want Does Get"
and why it’s on us, not the ghosts we walk with, to decide who we are and who we can become.
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What does 'first draft' mean to you?
What my worst and best internet experiences taught me about writing.
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March 2024

"But is it alright if...?" "But am I allowed to...?"
Or, what inspiration really feels like.
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What’s so great about failure?
Nothing. Obviously. Or so I wanted to believe...
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What's your emotional seatbelt?
If writing is a journey, there's only ever one person in the car.
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What does it mean to have healthy writing habits?
Three things you can do every day to build creative confidence – in under five minutes.
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Writers' Gym Series 2 trailer
Build creative confidence and grow your writing life.
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February 2024

This is the face (alright, phone cover) of a writer.
This is the face (alright, phone cover) of a writer. She doesn’t like telling people about projects while they’re still up in the air (part sense, part…
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Weightlifting for Writers
An extension of your body and mind, a celebration of their enormous possibility. That’s what writing can feel like. It doesn’t every day, but every day…
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Finding creative confidence took saying goodbye to things I thought I didn’t have a choice about.
Sometimes in life, we need repotting as much as our plants do...
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