Meg Dowell Writes

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Writing Was Supposed to Be My Career

I’m not the only writer — or artist, for that matter — feeling overwhelmed by the state of publishing. While there will always be some demand for human-crafted stories, if you spend any time on the internet (as I’m sure you do, if you’re reading this), it’s hard not to feel like the career you’ve…
The Dying Art of Slowing Down

I’ve struggled to pace myself for years. For me, work — especially writing — has always felt like something I couldn’t stop doing, no matter how much I might have known I needed a break. You could blame plenty of things for this — the competitive nature of journalism being a standout. But it’s also…
The Story Ideas We Never Get Around to Writing

I, like you, used to believe that every story I thought about writing but didn’t was a loss. I was somehow a less worthy writer because that story never got written. We’ll come across thousands of story ideas in our lifetimes, though. We’ll consider writing about half of those. We’ll only ever get around to…

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