Do the Work
Julie FalatkoHow to get writing done when the distractions of modern life are coming at you fast.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 296 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 4 months ago |
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Rosie Perez convinced me to quit the internet
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Last month, the New York Times T Magazine published an article called “Is Generation X the Best Generation?” (I was born in 1971, so I’m going to say…yes?). It...
Making Time for Practice and Play
When I was growing up, I had a Dapper Dan, which was a floppy cloth doll dressed in clothing with an elaborate assortment of fasteners. Dapper Dan was a way to practice these fastenings—snaps and buttons, zippers and shoelaces.
I have just...
Podcast: Iva-Marie Palmer on her new book Christmas People
A quick announcement before we get into it: the next round of Fail Better Club will be November 17-23, 2025. You can learn all about Fail Better Club in this post, and if you want to participate, you need to be a paying subscriber. (If you’...
Story Blocks Project Week 4: Putting It All Together
Let me start by saying that it is ok if you have not done the work of the previous three weeks of this project. It’s not something that has to be done right now, in October. Remember that this is but one way of millions to create books. You...
Story Blocks Project Week 3: Middles
It is time, my writer friends, to tackle the middle of the book. Or many middles of many books.
I procrastinated doing this week as much as I normally procrastinate figuring out the middle of a book, which is to say: A LOT.
Writing a begi...
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