How to Restart a Novel After a Two-Month Break Without Rewriting Everything
Coming back to a novel after a long break can make you question everything you wrote. Find your way back into the story, identify what actually needs fixed, and start writing again without unnecessarily rewriting your entire draft.
What Writers Can Learn From Maya Angelou’s Writing Routine
Media usually portrays creativity as something spontaneous, like a flash of inspiration, or the perfect idea at just the right time. But for most writers, creativity is a lot less glamorous. It typically looks like routine – showing up consistently to write even if you feel the least inspired you’ve ever been. On top of […]
Rewriting the Glass Slipper: Feminist Fairy Tale Retellings
Fairy tales are often introduced as harmless stories for children. But their reach is much wider than that. Long after the last page, they linger in our minds, teaching us lessons about who gets rewarded, who must suffer quietly, and what kind of power is allowed. Women’s History Month offers a natural opportunity to look […]
One More Day Again: Writing Time Loops in Flash Fiction (Even When It’s Not a Leap Year)
Time loops tend to sound bigger than they are. The phrase suggests complicated rules, intricate timelines, and endless variations on the same scene. In practice, a time loop is much simpler: something repeats, and that repetition changes how it feels. The simplicity to it is why time loops work especially well in flash fiction. When […]
Writing Lessons 2025: What the Year Actually Taught You
The year is almost over. Another 365 days of drafts, rejections, breakthroughs, excuses, and quiet victories that no one else noticed. Before the calendar flips and everyone starts talking about “new year, new goals,” take one deliberate pass through what 2025 actually did to your writing. Not the version you posted on social media. The […]
Writing Through the Fog: Sustaining Creativity When Your Body Has Other Plans
There’s a kind of exhaustion that goes beyond feeling worn out. It’s the heaviness that settles into your bones, the fog that slows your thoughts, the sense that your body has its own agenda no matter how much you want to write. For many writers living with chronic illness or long-term fatigue, this isn’t an […]