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Read MoreGeorges Simenon, a prolific novelist, wrote most of his books while staying in hotel rooms. You would think that it stressed him out — he was running a tab, paying for the room. But there also was isolation and focus. There was nothing to do but write. He brought along a telephone book to help […]
Read MoreWant to know a whole lot more about podcasting on location? You might be considering doing a podcast and don’t know how to start. Or you might already have one and need to break away from the studio. Meet me at the Outlier Podcast Festival in LA. I’m doing a presentation and breakout session all […]
Read MoreWhen I consume an espresso quickly over the kitchen sink I experience a memory story. I am in Rome, in 1982, drinking my first stand-up espresso at a bar. It was on the Piazza Navona. Sunlight penetrated to the bright bottles of alcohol and animated the espresso machine. Men, and a few women, but mostly […]
Read MoreBulging three-ring binders. Index cards stuffed snugly into a wooden recipe box so it won’t close. Books crammed with Post-it notes. Everyone has their own way of taking and keeping notes. It’s best to make a fuss about your notes. I’ve discovered that the more convoluted your note-taking process, the better it is for you. […]
Read MoreHere’s the thing. I constantly get ideas, writing them down on index cards, in notebooks, talking them into voice recorder apps. If I had a waterproof notepad I would be writing things down in the shower. My bounty of ideas is great, but they do the most good in the world of podcasting when I […]
Read More500 Words is a blog about the writing process that is published on Thursdays. A documentary editor friend of mine who has a superb sense of story was telling me a story about building birdhouses. He didn’t mean it literally. He has no workshop in the way you might think. He meant that each film […]
Read More500 Words is a blog about the writing process that is published on Thursdays. If you are stuck in writing hell (it happens) or are stalled as you try to start something new, there is nothing better than the handwritten brain dump. It’s better than scrolling through Twitter, better than typing, better than eating a […]
Read More500 Words is a blog about the writing process that is published on Thursdays. How to deal with too much to read? Linda Holmes, writing on the NPR website, points out reading everything you want to read is hopeless. The title of her article is fitting:“The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We’re All Going To Miss […]
Read MoreSometimes you have to work on the middle first. After meticulous outlining and brilliant brainstorming, you are ready to begin writing. But you can’t. There is something holding you back. You don’t feel inspired. You think the whole idea of the project is just terrible. Then it’s good to begin in the middle. Start at […]
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