Meg Dowell Writes

Dear John: Stories Aren’t Just for Readers

Dear John: Stories Aren’t Just for Readers

Storytelling is as complicated as it is simple. It’s very difficult, as a writer, to describe…

To All the Stories You’ll Never Finish Writing

If we never learn to celebrate our small steps of progress, we won’t ever be able to appreciate our victories — big or small.
Writers: You Can Only Control So Much

There are tons of things we can’t control as writers. Miraculously, this has taught me to be a lot more comfortable with uncertainty.
Questions to Ask Yourself When You Don’t ‘Feel Like’ Writing

Here are a few questions you can ask yourself in these moments you know you should write, but just can’t get yourself to actually do it.