Process
Why I Stopped Writing Every Day and My Work Got Better
The daily writing habit is gospel in creative circles. But after three years of forcing 500 words before coffee, I realized consistency was masking a deeper problem.
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Publishing
Small Presses Are Eating the Midlist and That Changes Everything
While the Big Five chase celebrity memoirs and BookTok trends, independent publishers are quietly building the most interesting catalog of the decade.
Creativity
The Notebook Problem: When Your System Becomes the Work
Somewhere between the third Moleskine and the Notion database with 47 linked views, we stopped writing and started organizing our intentions to write.
Teaching
What Running a Cohort-Based Course Taught Me About Revision
Watching 40 writers wrestle with the same draft in real time revealed patterns I never noticed in my own editing. The biggest surprise was what they cut first.
Essays
On Rereading: The Books That Changed Meaning After I Changed Jobs
Leaving finance for freelance writing changed more than my schedule. It rewired how I read Didion, Orwell, and Annie Dillard in ways I still find unsettling.
Craft
Paragraphs Are Pacing: A Short Argument for Thinking in Blocks
Most writing advice focuses on sentences. But the paragraph is where rhythm lives. A quick case for treating your line breaks as musical notation.