Just writing, and discovering how your own voice sounds on a page, is so important, and anything can be tidied with various rounds of editing later. Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? When it comes to the writing I do as a journalist, my process is always very structured, as … Read more
Beginning runners need to motivate themselves to head out the door. After a while, running becomes an obsession, and eventually we can’t resist heading out. Writing is similar. It’s so fulfilling to me that I can barely resist doing it every day. Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? The morning … Read more
By putting my work out there, I learned to be comfortable with reaching “stopping points” on my stories, to summarize my stories and “pitch it”, to grapple with what the value of each story even is and if it’s really saying something interesting to anyone at all, and of course, to digest other people’s feedback … Read more
I have found the edge of the bell curve is where the essence of humanity rests. Paradoxically, people seem to find experiences at the extreme to be fundamentally “relatable” in their detail. Content advisory: This interview includes references to sexual assault. What motivated / motivates you to write? As a college student, I wrote poetry … Read more
I need to write like I need to breathe. It’s not about intention—it’s just what I do. Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? God, I hate answering this question — it’s so broad. But generally, my writing process goes like this: I start with a basic outline, then I write … Read more
I write to give names to those extremes, to let my insides keep up with the outside world. Chaos is uncomfortable, and writing makes sense of the chaos. Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? I like to finish it from the start. I know it sounds counter-productive, but the biggest … Read more
Our thanks to Constantine for taking the time to share this wisdom. We especially enjoyed his insightful comment ‘Every ascent to a new level isn’t the top of a mountain, just another plateau.’ Also, ‘We are entertainers, but we are also shapers of thought.’ Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? … Read more
Sincere thanks to Roger for the energy and passion he shares in this inspiring interview. Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? By all means. A line comes into my head, and I write it down, but before that I doodle with a block of soft graphite lead on a sheet … Read more
Damen here generously shares valuable pieces of advice. We thank him for his candour. Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? Typically, I write once or twice a week, usually on a Saturday or Sunday morning. I go to my local café and write while sipping a latte. I can usually … Read more
Sincere thanks to Alison for allowing us into her world, and for reaffirming the importance of making ‘good trouble’. Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? I read a lot of poetry in order to “flip the switch” in my brain from prose to poetry. I also try to write behind … Read more