Conception to Completion

Your writing has to start somewhere...end somewhere.

We ask our teachers...What is your advice to writers about how to move from conception to completion? What kinds of habits & habits of mind are needed?

Bill Donahue
Clear out a time to write and then make no excuses. Read more

Shanna Germain
The biggest tip I can offer is also the oldest one around: write. Just glue your ass to the seat & stay there. Read more

Rebecca Koffman
Lots of self- discipline is helpful. Read more

Ariel Gore
You just have to work. Begin. Begin anywhere. And begin again. Read more

Marc Acito
I don't think writing is a matter of discipline so much as obsession. The manuscript is like a lover who tortures you...Read more

Kathleen Halme
I think of all writing as practice...Read more

Liz Prato
Think about a time when you were really productive in your writing...Read more

More to come.

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