Meg Dowell
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If Your Career Doesn’t Involve Writing, Are You Still a Writer?
To avoid becoming a real-life starving artist cliche, a lot of aspiring writers often get to…
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Rereading Old Words
Trying to build a professional portfolio, when you’re a writer, can be an absolute nightmare. Especially…
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The Most Difficult Things Writers Have to Explain to Non-Writers, Part 2
One big difference between people who write and people who don’t is that people who write…
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Common Stock Characters and How to Rewrite Them, Part 1
Characters are the foundation of every story. Maycomb County is just another fictional southern town without…
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When Words Alone Aren’t Enough
I’m sorry for all the less helpful or constructive, more personal posts going up lately. I…
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3 Things to Do the Week After NaNoWriMo | NaNo Talk 2015
Somehow, every year, National Novel Writing Month begins and ends with a single blink. Before NaNoWriMo…
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A Glimpse Into My Writing Process (and Why I’m Changing It Up)
This post was inspired by Jake Jarvi’s latest PoPS update! (If you don’t know what PoPS is,…
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Why Is It Harder to Write When I’m Trying to Relax?
Hitting 50,000 words this past Wednesday was kind of, sort of purposeful. While most of you…
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Dear John: Somehow, I’m Still Writing
Back in March/April 2015, I did something that, at the time, sounded like a good idea.…
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A Thank-You Note to All My Readers (Thank You, for Everything)
If you follow this blog but don’t usually read posts from start to finish, you might…
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