Blogs about: Daniel G Taylor
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Bullets and bracelets insights
Confess I’m a Wonder Woman fan, even at a comics shop, and I feel the need to justify. “I’m a capital-F fan, but you need to understand she’s really, really cool.” But wh… more →
Creating My Opus
The Dark Knight instructs
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Whenever life becomes too hard, I beat a cinematic escape. A few weeks ago: The Dark Knight. Knowing … more →
Bullets and bracelets insights
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Confess I’m a Wonder Woman fan, even at a comics shop, and I feel the need to justify. “ … more →
Superman syndrome
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: AKA ‘Big boys don’t cry’ or ‘Real men pull themselves up by their bootstraps … more →
My kingdom for a good editor
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes I wonder whether what I write here really, really sucks. Other times I think it’s OK … more →
Managing writing demands
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: As a writing coach, one of the top concerns people bring to me is the lack of time to write. Althoug … more →
Simplicity on the far side of complexity
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Over the past couple months, I’ve read dozens of memoirs. Those that stand out do so for their … more →
Work intensifies
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: It’s 1.11am on Tuesday, July 1: Today I promised myself I’d stop reading creative non-fi … more →
Hard enough to write anything
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Whether we want to sell a million copies, or write the best book on our topic the world has seen, ou … more →
Zen and the art of library suggestions
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danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Most of the creative nonfiction I’ve been reading lately has been borrowed from the library. A … more →
Work expands to fill the time available
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danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: How long does it take to finish a writing project? Whether you’re a writer or the last time yo … more →
Answering the unanswered
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: A few weeks ago, I shared how to learn from bad writing. Sara Wheeler managed to fill a book on Chil … more →
Start at the start
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Uncertain of where to begin, many would-be memoirists don’t start at all. Bruce Chatwin’ … more →
JT LeRoy's Legacy
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danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: My post the other day that mentioned JT LeRoy has been popular, so I’m posting something juici … more →
Severe internal injuries
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Some of these memoirs I’m reading to master my craft make me retch and vomit as their covers t … more →
The road from Gove
danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: If, before you sit down to write a memoir, you read as many as you can get your hands on, you’ … more →
Zen and the art of trust
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danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: A writer makes some kind of promise to each reader at the start of a book. Trust abused is the faste … more →
Zen and the art of memoir writing
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danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Philosophy underlies writing, as it does any thought-based activity. Last weekend, I secluded myself … more →
Proustian phenomenon
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danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: One way you can know your work is ready for print, writing instructors advise, is when you can read … more →
Life writing defintions
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danielgtaylor wrote 1 year ago: Clarity is the foundation of success in any project. If you don’t know what you’re setti … more →
