Friday Finds for Writers
Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend. (more…)
Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend. (more…)
Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend.
Have a great weekend, everyone. (Practicing Writer subscribers, look for your March issue to arrive shortly!)
Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend. (more…)
If you’ve been following my bylines for the past year or so, you may have noticed something: They’re almost all for nonfictional writings. Book reviews. Arts coverage. Commentaries. Even a few personal essays.
There are likely lots of reasons behind this shift nonfiction-ward, but I’m not going to speculate on/delve into them today. Today, I simply want to take note of the change. Maybe it’s a phase. But it seems to be lasting.
One of my latest bylines appeared on The Forward‘s arts blog last week. It’s an opinion piece that encompasses art (theater) and politics. Titled “Why I’m Going to See an ‘Anti-Israel’ Play,” it’s something that I wanted (and needed) to write, but had been struggling to get started. I suspect that I would have written it eventually, but I got a helpful nudge in an online class I took earlier this month. That class, “How to Publish Op-Eds and Commentaries,” is one of several offered through The Thinking Writer. (more…)
Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend.
Have a wonderful weekend.