The Writing Rundown

Welcome [back] to The Writing Rundown, a weekly newsletter that offers advice, short essays, and reading suggestions to help driven writers (like you!) improve their writing craft. It's nice to see you here! If someone forwarded you this email because they love your writing, you can subscribe here. We’ll be returning to regular TWR programming next weekend. Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to...

Welcome to The Writing Rundown, a weekly newsletter that offers advice, short essays, and reading suggestions to help driven writers (like you!) improve their writing craft. It's nice to see you here! If someone forwarded you this email because they love your writing, you can subscribe here. “The most wonderful thing about life is that you can always begin again. No matter what ups and downs you are handed in life today, you can always begin again tomorrow.” – Raiza Mendoza Photo by Chevanon...

Welcome to The Writing Rundown, a weekly newsletter that offers advice, short essays, and reading suggestions to help driven writers (like you!) improve their writing craft. It's nice to see you here! If someone forwarded you this email because they love your writing, you can subscribe here. “I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate.” ― Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko Ask Me Anything … I desperately want to be a fulltime writer...

Welcome to The Writing Rundown, a weekly newsletter that offers advice, short essays, and reading suggestions to help driven writers (like you!) improve their writing craft. It's nice to see you here! If someone forwarded you this email because they love your writing, you can subscribe here. Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes “A poem is a naked person....Some people say that I am a poet.” ― Bob Dylan Photo by cottonbro studio Ask Me Anything … “I’ve finally dropped into the realization that I...

Welcome to The Writing Rundown, a weekly newsletter that offers advice, short essays, and reading suggestions to help driven writers (like you!) improve their writing craft. It's nice to see you here! If someone forwarded you this email because they love your writing, you can subscribe here. Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes “I woke up in the morning and saw, the world has moved on.” ― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz Photo by Ron Lach Ask Me Anything … “I'm really passionate about writing, but...

Hi Reader! So...I messed up. Without getting into it too much, and only slightly relying on the metaphor of carts and horses and which should go first, I'm so very sorry to say that we (I) have paused our relaunch and rebrand of CYC indefinitely. While things were going along at a solid clip of work and creativity and forward-motion, in mid-July I managed to drive this horse AND cart straight into some sequence of tornadoes and other storms (many of which were me just standing in the middle...

Welcome to The Writing Rundown, a weekly newsletter that offers advice, short essays, and reading suggestions to help driven writers (like you!) improve their writing craft. It's nice to see you here! If someone forwarded you this email because they love your writing, you can subscribe here. Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes "Writing became more like eavesdropping and less like inventing a nuclear bomb." — Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way Photo by Julia Barrantes Are you ready for it? 🎶 Nah,...

Welcome to The Writing Rundown, a weekly newsletter that offers advice, short essays, and reading suggestions to help driven writers (like you!) improve their writing craft. It's nice to see you here! If someone forwarded you this email because they love your writing, you can subscribe here. Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes “And Kitty knew as well as anyone, the throbbing tedium of almost.” ― Allie Ray, Suffering Fools Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko I know you can overthink things, and you can...

Welcome to The Writing Rundown, a weekly newsletter that offers advice, short essays, and reading suggestions to help driven writers (like you!) improve their writing craft. It's nice to see you here! If someone forwarded you this email because they love your writing, you can subscribe here. Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes “I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments.” ― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens Photo by Lachlan Ross As I was working...