To Write with Wild Abandon

✍️ Rise above the Slush Pile

or, Lick Your Wounds by Licking Ice Cream - A recent doc on The New Yorker underlines how hard it is for the average writer to get their story published…

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✍️ Mindset is Everything

or, How to Put "Failures" Behind You Like a Goalie - Mindset is very important. In November for me, it was the difference between 4,000 words and…

Dec 9 • Graham Strong

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November 2025

✍️ Extreme Zero Drafting – Thoughts So Far

or, How to Walk a Dog with a Long Leash - For #GraNoWriMo, I've developed Extreme Zero Drafting as a way to boost creativity and get words down.

Nov 25 • Graham Strong

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✍️ No Excuses! How to Not-Write without Shame

or, Everything Doesn’t Happen for a Reason - All writers feel guilt or shame when they don't write. But we should let that go. Here's why.

Nov 11 • Graham Strong

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October 2025

✍️ Despair

Despair. A post about the real struggles writers face sometimes.

Oct 28

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✍️ Announcing… #GraNoWriMo! (Come Write with Me in November…)

A bonus post for you! #GraNoWriMo is an alternative to the now-defunct NaNoWriMo. It's easy-breezy, too - no pressure, and you set your own writing…

Oct 25

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✍️ How Podcasts about Writing Sparked My Creativity (and 6 Writing Podcasts That Can Do the Same for You)

Or, How I've Stayed Sane While Mowing for the Last 19 Years - Writing podcasts can provide how-tos, but I find they spark my creativity. Here's a…

Oct 14

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September 2025

✍️ On Pantsing and Editing and the Ghosts of Me

or, How I’m Still Learning from My First Attempt at Novelling - A post from the past! Here are some musing from 2017 about the novel-(re)writing…

Sep 30

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✍️ How to Change Lives through Writing

And, How One of Those Lives Changed Could Be Your Own… - I recoiled at the arrogance, thinking my writing could change lives. But the alternative is…

Sep 16

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August 2025

✍️ How to Inspire Your Curiosity

or, Curiosity May Have Killed the Cat, but It Caters to the Creative - Curiosity fuels authenticity. Here are some ways to trigger that curiosity.

Aug 19

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July 2025

✍️ An Ode to Book Clubs

or, Breaking the First Rule to Show How Book Clubs Can Improve Your Writing… I've joined two book clubs, and I can feel my approach to writing changing.

Jul 22

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✍️ Is Your Writing Pretentious?

or, Why the Bean Mouth Style Matters - What's the difference between good art and pretentious ass-hatting? It may come down to one key element.

Jul 1

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