The Ghost
Jeff GoinsOn writing and life. Long-form musings on the nature of creativity and the essence of everything. Some poems, too.
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(Almost) Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Writing a Book
In case you missed it (and you might have), I am writing a new book. It’s my first bylined project in nine years, and since I often wonder what to write about on here, I thought it might be fun to share about the process as I write.
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Stop Restarting Your Book
I’m starting a new book, the first one I’ve written for myself (not including collaborations and ghostwrites) in over nine years. And I am doing the one thing I tell clients not to: I keep restarting the project.
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Learning How to Live
“Do Americans even know how to live?”
That was the question rattling around in my head—a comment from a reader of mine—as my wife and I drove through France for twenty-seven days.
It’s an important question, one that in some shape or form...
The Wisdom of Killing Your Darlings
When writing a book, I have three documents open at all times.
One is the outline. This is where the table of contents is—often the book proposal or book treatment that was my original intention for the book. This is my map, reminding me...
Ars Artis
Photo by Jeff Goins
A lone silhouette
darkening
a stained glass reflection
in a painting
of monochrome flowers
fashioned by gunpowder
An artist fills the sky
with fire—
people walk by
in an old noisy monastery
where the...
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I played in a band you’ve never heard of (we were huge in Taiwan for a month), wrote some books, and love Chantel. I'm still here.
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