If your idea of creative writing is compelling nonfiction, especially about science, here’s your competition this year.
The Best Science Books of 2014 | Brain Pickings
http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/24/best-science-books-2014/
Month: November 2014
Writing test
Do you share these feelings?
Writing Perspectives: “So You Want to Be a Writer” – Writer’s Circle
http://writerscircle.com/2013/09/writing-perspectives-so-you-want-to-be-a-writer.html
Get great film tips
Laurie Scheer is great to work with. If film is your medium and you’re near Chicago, this early December workshop should be on your calendar. Details here.
Magazine comes back in new guise
Back in high school, one of my English teachers talked about Scribener’s. It was long-dead by then, but it evoked a time when reading stories was a pastime akin to watching television (in one form or another), at least for some.
It’s revival as a website speaks both to marketing and the importance of writing.
Scribner’s Magazine to Be Reincarnated as Literary Website – WSJ
http://m.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-84965
If you seek success …
Here’s a short list of habits to work on — including the old “write every day” standard.
7 Habits of Highly Successful Writers – Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnrampton/2014/11/19/7-habits-of-highly-successful-writers/
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