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THREAD Here are the 10 writing-related books on my 2019 to-read list I'm most looking fwd to reading... #AmReading #AmWriting #AmCoaching
10) _The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life_, by Twyla Tharp (2006) amazon.com/dp/0743235274/…
9) _The writer's diet : a guide to fit prose_, by Helen Sword (2016) amazon.com/Writers-Diet-C…
8) _The Art of Spiritual Writing: How to Craft Prose That Engages and Inspires Your Readers_ by Vinita Hampton Wright (2013) amazon.com/dp/B00F3Q7W34/…
_The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture_ by @scottbelsky (2018) amazon.ca/dp/0735218072?…
6) _The Forest for the Trees_ by @BetsyLerner (2010), --> a reread for me! amazon.com/Forest-Trees-R…
5) _The Business of Being a Writer_, by @JaneFriedman (2018) amazon.com/Business-Chica…
4) _Writing Successful Academic Books_ by Anthony Haynes (2010) #acrwi -- not sure how current this will be, but have been meaning to read it for a while. amazon.com/Writing-Succes…
3) _A Writer's Coach: The Complete Guide to Writing Strategies That Work_, by Jack R. Hart (2007). amazon.com/Writers-Coach-…
2) _The Art of Time in Memoir_ by @svenbirkerts (2007). I already started reading this and love it! Great for writers of all nonfiction genres, not just memoirs, who incorporate anecdotes or other narratives into their work. amazon.com/Art-Time-Memoi…
1) _Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel_ by @LisaCron (2016) --> I'm not a novelist but hoping to glean insights for the way I use narrative in nf writing (and #podcasting). amazon.com/Story-Genius-S…
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I get asked for writing tips a lot. Of all the ones I’ve given, here are a few of the ones that seem to hold true and remain somewhat universal or at least mostly unobjectionable:

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1. If you are a fast writer (i.e., if you compose first drafts very quickly) then you absolutely must become a slow editor. Much of what I call “writing” is really, for me, editing.
2. If you don’t read you cannot write a lot or well. Sure, maybe you can read like a maniac for a decade and then read less after that, but without some large volume of intake, there will never be a meaningful output.
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The Presidency rejects allegations of opposition politicians, as well as some newspaper editorial opinions creating the impression that President Buhari is against the use of card readers in the upcoming elections,... (Cont’d)
... hence his decision to decline assent, for the 3rd time, to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018.

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As promised, here is a thread entitled “Confessions of a Clueless White-Lady Novelist.” #amwriting #mglit #kidlit
THE BOY FROM TOMORROW is a *very* white book, and I feel uneasy about this. But I didn’t make my characters white by default, and I want to talk about this today. I also want to tell you how I intend to write more diverse books from now on.
My two main characters are Josie and Alec. Josie is 12 years old in 1916; she is the daughter of a popular (and therefore affluent) Spiritualist medium. They live in a New York suburb.
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