If you love writing long sentences, here are three reasons to break a few of them up in your work.| Anne Janzer
How present are you, as the writer or narrator, in your writing?| Anne Janzer
A book is a gift you can open again and again.” —Garrison Keillor| Anne Janzer
Whenever you find yourself frozen or stuck on a writing project, look for the next small thing you can do to make progress.| Anne Janzer
When you write, are you bringing the reader along on a stroll, a hike, or a major expedition? If the latter, pack plenty of "snacks" to keep them going.| Anne Janzer
Many writers struggle to find their “authentic” writing voice. It’s a challenge: How do you write in a way that seems natural and authentic while serving your purpose? | Anne Janzer
One of the best ways to discover the depths of our own writing voice is to try on voices of other characters. This exercise helps you do that.| Anne Janzer
Procrastination isn't always a bad thing in the writing life. Here are a few ideas for making the best of this inevitable writing partner.| Anne Janzer
Humor is a powerful nonfiction writing technique, even if you don't identify as a funny person. Here are a few reasons to build your humor skills.| Anne Janzer
Stories and fiction are not synonymous. Facts can mislead, and frequently do. Fictional stories can hold meaningful truths. Data can distract us.| Anne Janzer
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Whenever we write for other people that writing becomes a vehicle for our intentions. Those intentions definitely color the writing voice. This month’s exercise will jar you out of any writing ruts by asking you to turn those intentions on their head.| Anne Janzer
By experimenting with other types of writing, you reinforce the broader sense of yourself as a real writer—whatever that means to you.| Anne Janzer
Did you know that the average American reads at a seventh- or eighth-grade level? Depending on what you’re writing and how many people you hope to reach, you might want to pitch your writing voice to that level.| Anne Janzer
It's time to talk about dummy subjects—when the existential "there" and the indeterminate "it" stand in for an undetermined subject in a sentence.| Anne Janzer
Paragraphs work on many levels—and definitely affect the writer's voice. Use this long-short-long-short paragraph exercise to explore the impact of paragraph patterns on your writing voice.| Anne Janzer
Applying ideas from Anne-Laure Le Cunff's book Tiny Experiments to the writing life: What if we approach our writing objectives as a series of experiments through which we learn and grow? We might just cover more ground that the writer with aggressive daily word count objectives. And we'll certainly be happier.| Anne Janzer
This month, let's experiment with sentence length and its effect on the writing voice.| Anne Janzer
