by Michael Mahin | Blog, Creativity, Story Development, The Writing Process, Writers on Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Exercises, Writing Tips
REVIEW: How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play (Writer’s Digest Books 2010). Over the last couple months, my goal has been simple: to engage in what Geoff Colvin, author of the book Talent is Overrated, calls “deliberate... 
by Michael Mahin | Blog, NANOWRIMO, The Writing Process, Writers on Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Tips
REVIEW: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within 2nd Edition by Natalie Goldberg (Shambhala 2006) #NANOWRIMO has inspired me. It’s exactly what I needed. Not to write a novel, but help get me back into the habit of writing naked. It’s hard to write naked. It...
