Finnegan's Take
Cara FinneganWriter and book coach Cara Finnegan shares ideas about writing with folks who want to tackle fiction, memoir, and narrative non-fiction projects. Idle thoughts about photography, art crime, and other enthusiasms may appear from time to time.
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It's okay to write about topics other people write about
When graduate students bring ideas for research projects to my office hours, they often announce they want to study a particular topic because “no one else has written about this.” The topic that appeals is the one that’s shiny. New. Untouc...
Vacation rules for writers
Every summer my spouse and I join my family for vacation at a cabin on a lake in the northern Minnesota woods. Long ago I made one unbreakable rule: I don’t work for pay while I’m on vacation. I recognize that not everyone can adopt this ru...
This is not a post about how writing is like tap dancing
Each year I choose a word of the year. I’ve been doing this for several years now. A couple of friends and I hop on a call around the new year to share our words and explain why we chose them. I don’t recall all the words I've selected over...
Writers, let's talk about gen-AI
I get allergy shots regularly. After the nurse stabs me twice - once in each arm with the magic mix of the mold, animals, trees, and grasses I’m allergic to - I am required to wait in the office for 30 minutes in case I have a reaction. I u...
What we can learn from an 89-year-old book about writing
I’ve mentioned here before that I’m writing a book about my aunt, Katherine Finnegan, who died of rheumatic heart disease in 1936 at the age of nineteen. I’m currently revising the final chapter, which I’ve titled after a poem that Katherin...
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