The Slow Writer

Do you write slowly? Read slowly? Take forever to flesh out an idea? Do you enjoy the satisfaction of deep rather than fast exploration? Do you take pleasure in having the time to revisit and revise?

Writers Who Think Too Much

“You can write your way into thinking, but you cannot think your way into writing.” Peter Weller, in an interview with Rebecca Peabody, author of The Unruly PhD I recently had the good fortune to read a pre-publication copy of The Unruly PhD: Doubts, Detours, Departures, and Other Success Stories, by Rebecca Peabody, Head of Research Projects …

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Why do you NOT write?

As a follow-up to yesterday’s post asking Why do you write? today I want to ask another question: Why do you NOT write? This and That Going a bit off-topic from the blog series, I am preparing to spend a few days at my childhood home in South Dakota to help my father and uncle celebrate …

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Why do you write?

This is not a rhetorical question, and there are no wrong answers. Why do you write (or why do you want to write)? I really want to know. I look forward to reading and sharing your responses!