For Writers
“Fiction must convince our bodies for it to have any chance of convincing our minds.”
Bonnie Friedman is a writer's writer. She is a graduate of the renowned Iowa Writer's Workshop, a frequent keynoter at writing conferences, a creative writing professor emerita, and author of the intimate writer's companion in print for over thirty years Writing Past Dark.
Here are some resources and sources of inspiration from Bonnie, specifically for other writers.
Dealing with rejection, self-attack, and other yucky traits
https://lithub.com/so-what-is-it-about-writers-and-emotional-masochism/
Using recognition and reversal to strengthen your work
https://agnionline.bu.edu/blog/when-things-flip-all-the-way-around-recognition-and-reversal/
What to do when you keep writing the same scenes
https://lithub.com/what-happens-when-i-dont-understand-my-own-novel/
What it really means to write from experience
https://agnionline.bu.edu/blog/what-it-really-means-to-write-from-experience/
On the pleasure of diving into the details
https://lithub.com/bonnie-friedman-on-the-pleasure-of-diving-into-details/
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