HeyJaredYear of Writing Magically
The Year of Writing Magically is a newsletter of personal letters to writers about writing, and a full, yearly novel-writing workshop for paid subscribers.
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Craft + Revision 02: Structure and Pacing (opens the original)
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"What if the person I wrote about doesn’t like what I wrote about them?" (opens the original)
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Registration for the Year of Writing Magically 2027 cohort is open now! If you or someone you know wants to write a novel next year, check it out!“Write what you know” is classic advice for good reason.When you start writing, “write what you know” is one of the first bits of advice you hear. Like all simplified writing advice, it has limited applicability and you can shoot holes in it pretty easily. Did H.G. Wells actually invent a time machine? No. </p
Craft + Revision 01: Conflict (opens the original)
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Everyone needs days off. Even writers. (opens the original)
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Registration for the Year of Writing Magically 2027 cohort is open now, and already spaces are going fast. If you or someone you know wants to write a novel next year, check it out!Who knew resting would be so much damn work?I am one of those people who is very bad at being sick. I stay at work too long, and then I go back to work too soon. Every minute that I’m not working, I feel guilty. I imagine the tasks piling up like the chocolates on Lucy and Ethel’s conveyor belts, and wh
Why isn’t my special writing trick working anymore? (opens the original)
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Quick note: Registration for the Year of Writing Magically 2027 cohort opens today!! Woot!!! If you or someone you know wants to write a novel next year, check it out!I hate articles like this.I get that the “You’re doing X wrong” is a thing that gets eyeballs. But here’s the thing; I hate the things that get eyeballs. I don’t do them because they’re disingenuous and manipulative and goddamnit, I’m better than that.But…Yo
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