Archive - Keep Writing

A Timid Writer’s Guide to Asking for Help

Asking for help is part of any writer’s life. Here’s how to get started.

Jul 19 •

June 2025

The Power of Names

And where to find them for our fiction.

Jun 21 •

May 2025

The Challenge of Being Where Your Feet Are

…When the writing happens somewhere else.

May 19 •

April 2025

Finding the Energy to Write (in an Increasingly Exhausting World)

It’s time for ENERGY & WRITING: Part Two

Apr 19 •

March 2025

ENERGY & WRITING: Part One

All your burning questions about writing with energy, answered.

Mar 19 •

February 2025

This February, Say It With PowerPoint

Why you should host a .ppt party with your friends, family, colleagues, and/or minor-league nemeses.

Feb 16 •

January 2025

Let’s Make Like the Cast of RENT and Try to Measure a Year

FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUUUUUSAND SIX HUNDRED MINUTES—

Jan 13 •

December 2024

The Power of Intention

On the page and in life.

Dec 15, 2024 •

November 2024

And reckoning with the ghosts of elections past, present, and yet to come.

Nov 15, 2024 •

October 2024

How We Fend Off the Dark

With a long winter fast approaching.

Oct 14, 2024 •

September 2024

When Using Your Head Isn’t Working, Use Your Hands

A case for getting out of our heads.

Sep 15, 2024 •

August 2024

When to Give Up

When to let go of a project and start something new.

Aug 15, 2024 •

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