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procrastination

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FUNNY WOMEN #157: Habits of Less Successful Writers

  • Julie Vick
  • November 30, 2017
So much can be learned from the writing habits of successful writers, but what can we learn from the ones who aren’t doing quite as well?
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Reality Scooped: Talking with Tony Tulathimutte

  • Erica Berry
  • June 19, 2017
Recent Whiting Award winner Tony Tulathimutte discusses his first novel, Private Citizens, the state of satire in 2017, “booby-trapping” identity politics, and productivity in the Internet age.
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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #9: Punk the Deadline!

  • Charles Kruger
  • November 4, 2016
Oh my god, I’m stuck again. A truck in the muck. A cat up a tree. An explorer in quicksand. Winnie the Pooh in the door of Rabbit’s house. Trying…
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What It Means to Write at a Coffee Shop

  • Sam Metz
  • October 24, 2016
When you’re a freelance writer — or any type of freelancer — you make yourself a lot of promises, mostly about getting out of the house and about wearing real, non-pajama clothing. But with…
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When Procrastination Strikes

  • Victor Luo
  • July 14, 2016
Is there such a thing as writer’s block, or is it simply procrastination? Several authors weigh in on their personal experiences struggling with getting the work done.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #70: Alien Now!

  • Rick Moody
  • February 11, 2016
Maybe, in terms of idiom, The Dabbers are like a thrash rock and roll version of the Cocteau Twins, or what the This Mortal Coil would sound like if the Dead Boys tried to cover one of their albums.
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Title Written Later

  • Ian MacAllen
  • September 9, 2015
Over at the London Review of Books, Robert Hanks meditates on procrastination: Procrastination is the main way I express anxiety and depression, if I can use these medicalised, dignifying terms.…
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F*** the Myth of Motivation

  • Liza Birkenmeier
  • June 11, 2015
The motivation crisis is different for each place on the path, but it is as toxic as it is ubiquitous.
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The Persistence and Procrastination of Artists

  • P.E. Garcia
  • September 5, 2014
How much time should be spent on a single work of art? Or inversely, how will the amount of time spent on a work ultimately shape what that work will…
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The Game of Writing

  • Guia Cortassa
  • September 2, 2014
“WRITER: THE GAME is a not-for-profit writing lifestyle simulator created by Matthew Burnside, the goal of which is to be a productive writer without succumbing to soul-crushing rejection or the wicked…
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