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Remembering Luci Shaw
In Luci Shaw's poetry, attention is a near neighbor to gratitude.
Love Your Reader
When you write for what you can give rather than for what you can get, everything changes.
The Amount of Glory in the World Is Not Finite
When you make, you add to the store of the world's glory.
An Essay About Development—And Beavers
Also, a free mini-course to get you started on your next writing project
Stewarding Distractibility
Also, Nick Cave: Hope is "the warrior emotion."
Some Concrete Advice for Writing Concretely
Write more concretely in four easy steps.
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The Habit Weekly is a free letter about writing from Jonathan Rogers. Every Tuesday morning you’ll get practical writing advice—or at least interesting ruminations—and the encouragement you need to keep moving forward on your writing journey.
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