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Good Lessens
When I do the dishes, I use way more water than my wife uses when she does them. This is because I am not as skilled as she is and I think by an avalanche of water I may drown away my dish washing...
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The Box-Ticker and the Poet Argue About Qualifying Everything
I’m learning something about myself as a thinker of thoughts and a writer of words. I must resist what I feel as a need to qualify every potentially confusing thing I write. I’m growing more...
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Am I Strong Enough To Kill This Monster?
Holy cow this is so true. “Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is...
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The Best Writing Advice Ever –Seriously
Donald Miller: “I’ve a shelf at home devoted to books about writing. I’d say I might even have two shelves devoted to those books now. I’ve read most of them and some are better than others. But the...
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Excellent Writing Rules. For Example: “Exaggeration is a billion times worse...
This is good, from Frank L. Visco, originally published in the June 1986 Writer’s Digest. My several years in the word game have learnt me several rules: Avoid Alliteration. Always. Prepositions are...
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Writers: Hilariously Pathetic
Alan Jacobs on how “…The ability of writers to feel offended or persecuted is pretty close to unlimited…” One of my favorite stories about writers concerns John O’Hara, who long ago wrote the book for...
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Seth Godin With Great Advice For Artist/Entrepreneurs
Seth Godin has so much wisdom for artists and entrepreneurs of all kinds. I appreciate his books. I don’t see how this interview is anything but helpful. Am I missing something? via Ariel Hyatt HT:...
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News! My Story in a New Book
Hello, I’m Sam Smith and I approve of this massage. <finishes getting a massage> Thank you, I feel much better. I have somehow neglected to tell you guys about a project that was launched...
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A Mystery To Inhabit: We Need Stories and Art That Go Beyond Easy Solutions,...
You simply must read this. This is from Jonathan Rogers, author of The Terrible Speed of Mercy: A Spiritual Biography of Flannery O’Connor and many other excellent books (pretty much all of which I...
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Writer or Author?
This seems a good distinction. One I need to hear right now. “Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s...
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Making Art For and With People You Love
I’m often tempted to be envious of friends who make music in community. The harmony on display is so attractive. I have friends in Nashville who have the kind of creative community people like me dream...
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Free (Online) Writing Teaching from S. D. Smith THIS FRIDAY (3.27.20)
Save your spot here! So, this is pretty cool. I did an hour-long teaching at Hope*Writers a few months back for their membership community. I love this community and resonate so strongly with their...
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You Held My Heart
All an author asks for is a chance. A chance, and the worshipful adulation of millions and the affirmation of our stubborn fathers and skyrocketing sales and awards and parades and magnificent statues...
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Ender’s Game Made Me a Reader; Its Author Helped Me Become a Writer
Flash back to that time we went to see Orson Scott Card and I got to thank him for his influence on me as a writer and a reader. Nearly thirty years ago, Ender’s Game got me hooked on reading. It...
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Be a Maker Not a Faker
Be a maker not a faker. We are bonkers over fake endeavors. Fake war. (Fortnite, Call of Duty etc.) Fake love. (You know what I’m talking about.) Fake public service/citizenship. (Social media...
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S. D. Smith Teaches YOU Writing: The Green Writer Launches TODAY
I’m so excited to share this course! It’s been on my heart a long time. I hope you’ll give it a try.Enter coupon code WRITENOW to get $10 off The Green Writer! The post S. D. Smith Teaches YOU...
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FREE Writing Summit Featuring S. D. Smith + Book Recommendations from Anne & Sam
Hi Friends, Do you have a young writer in your home? If so, you won’t want to miss my session at the upcoming Young Writers Can Change the World Virtual Summit! Too often, young writers don’t realize...
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Tolkien on Writing as Sub-Creation
“What really happens is that the story-maker proves a successful ‘sub-creator’. He makes a Secondary World which your mind can enter. Inside it, what he relates is ‘true’: it accords with the laws of...
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Crazy Writing Week
Are you a young writer suffering from the dreaded writer’s block? Maybe you haven’t written in weeks… or you’ve been stuck on one part for ages… or you just haven’t had any energy or motivation left...
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Writers, Now’s Your Chance! | Writing Resources
*Open Enrollment is NOW* Do you have a teen who enjoys writing and dreams of becoming an author someday? Or a teen who dabbles in writing but wants to improve for college or their future career? Or...
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