HeyJaredYour Weekly Writing Exercise
My latest writing exercise to inspire and encourage your creativity.
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Working with Unsavory Characters--A Lesson from Wendell Berry (opens the original)
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What’s new in my writing room? Fall weather has me reading more, gardening less, always a seasonal shift I look forward to. Last week I revealed my “reading addict” life, and it only grows stronger in cooler weather. I did get a short vacation last week to paint outside—northern New England is glorious now. What’s new in your writing life? Any new insights? What are you reading this week?Leave a comment</p
Becoming Visible to Your Readers--Before Your Book Is Published (opens the original)
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What’s new in my writing room: Two short stories from my collection manuscript are revised and ready to submit, so I am gearing up for that this week. I’d much rather be writing (or gardening!) right now, but I love these stories and I’m eager to see if others will too, now that I’ve gotten thumbs up from readers close to me. Marketing—not my favorite activity but so important if you want readers.Do you? How have you thought about becoming visible to your readers?<a class="button primary" href="
The Secret Power of Opposites (opens the original)
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What’s new in my writing room:Fall is arriving here in northern New England, and I’m shifting from all-consuming garden work (think raised beds for vegetables, a greenhouse, a little orchard!) to more writing. Revising my short story collection piece by piece, getting the finished individual stories out on submission. Celebrating the anniversary of the release of A Woman’s Guide to Search & Rescue, my second novel. Remembering all the fun and hard work of learning to share it in an authentic way
Getting Away from It All (opens the original)
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What’s new in my writing room: In August I took a reading, writing, and art retreat, and it was a terrific boost to my creative energy. More about this below.Have you taken a retreat lately? Leave a comment<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1517363898874-737b62a7db91?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw1fHxyZ
Six Weeks of Favorite Writing Prompts: Week #6, Dialogue (opens the original)
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What’s new in my writing room: I’ve really loved sharing these six weeks of my favorite writing prompts. I hope you’ve tried one or more of them this past month, just as a boost to your writing. It’s amazing how a simple prompt can transform a story or a scene. I’ll be pausing this newsletter for the month of August, as I did last summer, to take some of my own free writes from these prompts and dive deeper into my revision. I’ll be back here with you in September with new ideas and inspiration.
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