A Writer's Notebook

A Year of Writing Dangerously: Workshop Preview!

A chance to see the orientation video and workbook sample!

Feb 9, 2024 • 

Summer Brennan

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January 2024

A Year of Writing Dangerously: The Workshop

Transform your writing practice.

Jan 21, 2024 • 

Summer Brennan

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December 2023

The Essay Series #3: The Essayist as Unreliable Narrator

What is an unreliable narrator, how can you have one in an essay, and what does it achieve? When lies, exaggeration, or uncertainty can help us arrive…

Dec 6, 2023 • 

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November 2023

Ten Years After The First Rough Draft

A decade ago I "won" NaNoWriMo by finishing an extremely rough draft of my first book. Here's how it set me up to become a published author.

Nov 28, 2023 • 

Summer Brennan

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The Essay Series # 2: The Vignette Essay

What is a vignette essay and how do you write one? When you want to say the most with the fewest words of all.

Nov 21, 2023 • 

Summer Brennan

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The Essay Series #1: The Essay As Energy

Make your own kind of music: How to write an essay on any topic and of any length that will satisfy your reader.

Nov 15, 2023 • 

Summer Brennan

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Introducing: The Essay Series

A rough guide to the different kinds of essays you may find yourself wanting to write.

Nov 7, 2023 • 

Summer Brennan

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Essay Camp Postscript

How to move from your Essay Camp drafts to ideas for an essay.

Nov 6, 2023 • 

Summer Brennan

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Essay Camp Day 5

Enough talk. Let's make something.

Nov 5, 2023 • 

Summer Brennan

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Essay Camp Day 4

Thinking about structure.

Nov 4, 2023 • 

Summer Brennan

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Essay Camp Day 3

Keep going.

Nov 3, 2023 • 

Summer Brennan

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Essay Camp Day 2

Keep at it.

Nov 2, 2023 • 

Summer Brennan

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