#stopreadingalone

The @stopwritingalone #storyclub is kicking off tomorrow and you’re invited. Head over to stopwritingalone.Substack.com to read about this #bookclub+ specifically for storytellers. Each week we will delve deeper into the lesson and “master story” of the month. This month we are learning how to start off stories from William Shakespeare! Are you ready to read with us? #stopwritingalone #stopreadingalone #bookclubforwriters #amreading #writingcommunity #writinggroup #writing https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfp4vzVLyMU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Many #writingcommunities come and go, but I never forget those who were around when I needed them most. @Write_onedge, once The Red Dress Club, was the first online writing community I found. It gave me both permission and motivation to start sharing my creative writing on my blogs and helped me build a bookshelf filled with inspiration, motivation and education on the craft. I was reminded of them today when I pulled THE MEMOIR PROJECT by @mroachsmith off my shelf and saw this note on the title page. It appears this month marks the five year anniversary of my first read through! Thanks for introducing it to me Angela, Cam & Mandy, and for everything else you gifted me through your writing community! #stopwritingalone #writingcommunity #stopreadingalone #booksonwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/CbNTomKLnfJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

A question I can ask any day of the week: What are you reading? And, when talking to writers, the follow up is almost always: why are you reading it? Is it for pleasure, for craft, both? Are you exploring genre, or form, or a technique you heard what exemplified in this work? I love reading for all of these reasons and more, and I love to hear about what everyone else is reading so I can stumble upon new paths of learning I didn’t even think of! So this week’s #letstalktuesday is a classic: what are you reading? (And, YES! In my world audiobooks DO COUNT!). #stopwritingalone #stopreadingalone #amreading #amwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/CPTNdfbLD7u/?utm_medium=tumblr

Inspired by my reading of CRAFT IN THE REAL WORLD by @m.salesses, I’m curious to hear your answer to the question: What is Craft? Salesses lists 25 thoughts on this question, I’m just asking you for one! (If you have more than one I won’t complain, though.) When you think about working on your craft, or you hear someone is going to lead a discussion on craft... what are you thinking about? Put your answers in the comments. Read the other responses. #letstalk #letstalktuesday #stopreadingalone #stopwritingalone https://www.instagram.com/p/COvgfSrL_oD/?igshid=173lagis4dgf7

Many of you know my husband is a high school English teacher. With February approaching, we have been discussing the books by black writers that each of us have been exposed to in the last year (and recalling our favs from years before) so he can incorporate them into his planning in the month ahead and have recommendations for students as well. This conversation got me thinking: where are my books on writing craft by people of color? As far as I know, I current own only one. I can’t figure out if this is a failing in my own exposure, or if there is merely a lacking of this representation in that section of the bookstore. The one book I do own is JUST WRITE HERE’S HOW! written for young writers rather than a broader audience. It is written by the fabulous Walter Dean Meyers and I love it, but I know not everyone enjoys reading a book for which they were not the intended audience, or that doesn’t go as deep as perhaps they feel they are prepared for. So, question for the group: Can you recommend any books on writing — either on the craft, or writing life (as in a memoir) — by a person of color? #booksonwriting #writingcraft #pocwriters #stopwritingalone #stopreadingalone https://www.instagram.com/p/CKovC-yAa4K/?igshid=lj4x09hrktfu

How excited am I right now? Very. Ready to listen to all things #TheListenPath from @juliacameronlive herself! Squee! #amlistening #takingnotes #theartistsway #stopreadingalone https://www.instagram.com/p/CKCwLJrAMpo/?igshid=1mktzenmxutpd

Just getting started on Hilda Wolitzer’s THE COMPANY OF WRITERS, and do I need to tell you that this book is preaching to the choir? I am loving this! It’s looking like it could be a @StopWritingAlone user’s guide! Time to dive back in and enjoy the read. What are you reading/writing this weekend? #amreading #stopwritingalone #stopreadingalone https://www.instagram.com/p/CIv8jfdAHU4/?igshid=8ptmb88fd86e