writing
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Laura Vanderkam suggests planning weekend adventures. We tried it. https://forge.medium.com/the-weekend-experiment-that-will-change-your-life-a357562193a2 A little late, but I desperately needed to go for a hike in the woods this weekend. Feeling the dirt crunch under my feet for five hours was much-needed medicine, even with the woman who let everyone on the trail know about her upcoming hip…
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Cal Newport’s latest book, A World Without Email, hit my kindle on its release date, and, good Newportian that I am, I have pretty much flown through it. I’m not even a knowledge worker at my day job, and I found a plethora of great advice in this book. We citizens of 2021 all know…
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“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should’ve behaved better.” -Anne Lamott Here at the Story Factory, we value quantity over quality. More words, more hours, more stories. The goal is 52 stories at the end of the year. So far, we…
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It’s Tuesday, and on Tuesdays we take a peek at writing tools. Some are great, some not so much, but I am learning to be a craftsman, and the important thing about craft is the tool box. At least that is what Stephen King tells me. Today’s tools were a Christmas gift from my son.…
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Once again, let’s take a look at one of the multitudes of writing books I have read through the years. I have plenty, so these Friday peeks at my book shelves should last a while. Published in 1934, Dorthea Brande’s Becoming a Writer is a short but encouraging book chockfull of great advice. She was…
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It’s Wednesday. I am home sick, but my COVID test is negative, so it’s just a normal cold. And my voice is gone, so it’s pretty pitiful. Here at the Story Factory, we value quantity over quality. More words, more hours, more stories. The goal is 52 stories at the end of the year. So…
