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WRITING LIFE: Ode to My Notebook by Ellen Frank Bayer
Category: Writing Life
Our Writing Life column archive, which features an array of guest contributors.
WRITING LIFE: Stuckness by Brett Ann Stanciu
I was way more broke beyond a car that wouldn’t start.
WRITING LIFE: How Kayaking Buoyed My Writing by Ann Batchelder
I flipped over many times trying to write my memoir.
WRITING LIFE: I Want to Be Adored by Kristen Paulson-Nguyen
I feel the ache of wanting my students to like me.
WRITING LIFE: My Reckoning with Reading by Maryam Keramaty
…the writer and the reader inside me just weren’t getting along.
WRITING LIFE: Support Yourself as You Write About Trauma by Joy von Steiger
The more I revise, the more the piece takes shape as a living memorial emblematic of power and mastery.
WRITING LIFE: How A Lit Mag Can Grow You By Kristen Paulson-Nguyen
Inside you is a writer but also a battle.
WRITING LIFE: How to Keep Writing by Katie Bannon
…incorporate a symbolic gesture to signal it’s time to write.
WRITING LIFE: Questions that Recentered My Writing Joy by Elizabeth Reed
I’m a musician, but writing has been a side passion since childhood.
WRITING LIFE: The Arc of Disappointment by Kristen Paulson-Nguyen
Was I ready to read writers’ celebratory tweets?
