List: Writing Resources From Smart Medium Folks | Curated by Sarah Lofgren

Jul 23, 2024
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Writing Resources From Smart Medium FolksHelpful hints from people who aren't me.
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The Startup
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Ellen Frances
Here’s What I Learned From The Steep Amazon Self-Publishing Learning CurveAnd everything you need to know to avoid making the same mistakes.
May 25, 2024
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May 25, 2024
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The Belladonna Comedy
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Heidi Lux
How to Humor: Finding Ideas that Don’t Feel Basic as HellWhile there are things in this world that are definitely worse than mediocrity — like being attacked by snakes in a snake pit — in art…
Feb 8, 2024
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Feb 8, 2024
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Ascent Publication
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Sean Platt
10 Steps To Making A Living As A Self-Published Fiction Author In 2019So, you want to make a living as an author.
Feb 12, 2019
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Feb 12, 2019
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The Startup
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Ellen Frances
I Self-Published My Book. Two Days Later, I’m Full Of Regret.Here’s everything I wish I’d done differently in the publishing and book-writing process.
May 30, 2024
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May 30, 2024
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Amanda Kelley Corbin
Treating my anxiety made me a better writerI remember hearing a writer say something along the lines of, writer’s block is trying to imagine the story, write it, and revise it all…
Jan 30, 2019
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Jan 30, 2019
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Human Parts
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Devon Price
The Science-Backed Way to Write a LotWaiting for divine inspiration will get you nowhere
Nov 19, 2019
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Nov 19, 2019
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The Writing Cooperative
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Stephanie D. Rondeau
What Is Voice In Writing And How Do You Know If You Have It?When an agent says they are looking for great voice, what does that mean?
May 30, 2024
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May 30, 2024
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The Writing Cooperative
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Elanor R. L.
Move Over Chronoworking: It’s Time to Start ChronowritingHow obeying your natural body clock can boost your creativity and make you a better writer
May 14, 2024
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May 14, 2024
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For the Love of Language
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Ben Ulansey
The Art of the Em Dash and the Gradation of Sentence BreaksDisambiguating periods, commas, semicolons, ellipses, parentheticals, and em dashes
May 8, 2024
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May 8, 2024
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Writers’ Blokke
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T. J. Brearton
The Book Publishing Opportunity No One Seems to Talk AboutI make a living writing fiction; here’s how I do it.
Nov 16, 2023
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Nov 16, 2023
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Laini Taylor
Conventional Writing Advice Isn’t for EveryoneIf I’d forced myself to follow the most common writing advice, I’d never have finished a novel. Here I am, ten books later, doing it my…
Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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Lit Life
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Janice Harayda
Should You Publish Your Book With A University Press?You don’t need to be a professor or have an agent, and authors can make hundreds of thousands of dollars
Dec 13, 2023
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Dec 13, 2023
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Bridget Webber Writes
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✨ Bridget Webber
How to Increase Creativity: Hint, You Need High Self-BeliefUnlock your hidden creative powers with personal development
Mar 27, 2023
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Mar 27, 2023
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splattered
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Jessica Wildfire
The Worst Piece of Writing AdviceWhy it’s so wrong, and what you should do instead.
Dec 27, 2018
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Dec 27, 2018
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Linda Caroll
The #1 Writing Tip From A Literary Critic And Bestselling AuthorThe single biggest mark of an amateur is why so much writing really kind of sucks.
Nov 1, 2021
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Nov 1, 2021
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Copywriting Secrets
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Nicole Bianchi
F. Scott Fitzgerald on Writing Vivid Physical DescriptionsHow to bring your characters to life
Dec 27, 2021
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Dec 27, 2021
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Jane Austen’s Wastebasket
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Kyrie Gray
How to Find Your Writing Voice When It’s Gone MissingYour voice is important but so is keeping track of it
Jan 5, 2022
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Jan 5, 2022
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OneZero
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Colin Horgan
We Used to WriteHow to keep writing human in a world of A.I. tools
Aug 28, 2021
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Aug 28, 2021
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Dark Sides of the Truth
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P.G. Barnett
When You Are Literally a Team of OneSometimes a lone wolf attitude leads to better writing
Sep 2, 2021
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Sep 2, 2021
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