Inneresting 81
issue 81
December 24th, 2021
Crossing the Finish Line with Your Writing
On the blog, John looks at the steps he takes after finishing a script draft.
If you’re stuck working out the substance of your ending, the Writer Emergency blog offers some suggestions on how to stick the landing.
Fallen off the writing wagon and need help getting back on? Amitava Kumar describes the work rituals of some famous writers.
If a normal deadline doesn’t light enough of a fire under you, consider the dramatic gamble Alice Wu used to force herself to complete the first draft of The Half of It.
Stuck in an endless loop of tweaks and revisions? Get some perspective from Craig Fehrman’s explanation of how our current idea of revising writing is a product of the typewriter and Modernist authors.
Previously on Inneresting…
In case you missed it, the most clicked link from our last issue took us through the process Ben Stokes used to create tools that converts handwriting into a website.
Other Cool Things
Thich Nhat Hanh offers some strategies to help you learn how to relax.
Jesse Doogan explains when and how unsold books are pulped.
Ursula K. Le Guin argues we shouldn’t conflate “hi-tech” and “technology.”
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