Craft + Process

Hibernating your writing

How to pause mindfully

Dec 9 •

Caroline Donahue

Prose that sings

5 steps to sharpen your writing, in lessons from my strange professional past.

Dec 2 •

Caroline Donahue

The power of sentences

Commonplace books as collections of sparks

Nov 11 •

Caroline Donahue

Please write your ideas down!

The tools I use to keep them from leaking out of my brain. Here's a sad story of losing an idea when I didn't use them. Learn from my mistake!

Sep 16 •

Caroline Donahue

Portals to story

Light a match and see what you find...perhaps you'll see the heart of your story.

Aug 26 •

Caroline Donahue

You cannot make time

Writing goals that don't make you feel shitty, part two

Aug 5 •

Caroline Donahue

Want to peek inside my notebook...

and my planner?

Jul 17 •

Caroline Donahue

Does writing scare you?

Here's why this is a good thing, and how to work with your mind instead of fighting it.

Jul 15 •

Caroline Donahue

Stay in your own dance space

How to set writing goals that won't make you feel like shit: a primer.

Jul 1 •

Caroline Donahue

Brilliant writing books (you haven't already read)

Come into the reading room and discuss...

Jun 24 •

Caroline Donahue

Wait, was that it?

Thoughts on actually finishing the draft

Apr 3 •

Caroline Donahue

Tarot and Writing Fears

The system I've created in my new book

Mar 18 •

Caroline Donahue

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