List: A Writer's Life | Curated by Melissa Gouty

Apr 8, 2024
42 stories
A Writer's Life
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The Writing Cooperative
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Melissa Gouty
How Brave Are You? Does Being An Editor Now Mean Altering History?Gaining understanding vs. giving offense
Jan 22, 2024
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Jan 22, 2024
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The Writing Cooperative
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Melissa Gouty
How Shocking Are Your Thoughts? Writers Who Wrote in Secret CodeParanoid or Prudent?
Mar 3, 2024
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Mar 3, 2024
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Literature Lust
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Melissa Gouty
How to be a Great Writer: 4 Powerful Insights from Marilyn RobinsonBetter. Bolder. Braver. Kinder.
Mar 8, 2024
Mar 8, 2024
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Literature Lust
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Melissa Gouty
Why William Byrd’s Secret, Coded Diary Still MattersRaucous, racy, and interesting 300 years later!
Oct 27, 2019
Oct 27, 2019
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Literature Lust
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Melissa Gouty
Now is the Time for Writers and Poets To Lift People UpInspiration from William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech
Mar 27, 2020
Mar 27, 2020
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Literature Lust
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Melissa Gouty
The Sweet Backstory of Wordle and Why We’re Addicted to This GameDaily thrills for word nerds
Nov 14, 2023
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Nov 14, 2023
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Literature Lust
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Melissa Gouty
Why I’m Thankful to be a WriterAnd why you may be, too.
Nov 26, 2019
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Nov 26, 2019
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The Lasting Legacy of Personal NotesPaying tribute to the woman who wrote them
Jan 8, 2020
Jan 8, 2020
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Literature Lust
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Melissa Gouty
Four Favorite Reads for Writers Sure to Energize The Creative SoulDog-eared and dear to me
May 3, 2023
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May 3, 2023
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The Startup
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Melissa Gouty
Snippets of Souls: What We Can Learn From JournalsPeople preserved in words
Oct 22, 2019
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Oct 22, 2019
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The Writing Cooperative
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Melissa Gouty
The Challenge of Finding — and Giving — Honest FeedbackIt’s harder than you think
Sep 23, 2020
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Sep 23, 2020
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Literature Lust
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Melissa Gouty
One Writer Celebrates National Pencil Day With Gratitude and JoyMarch 30th is National Pencil Day!
Mar 30, 2023
Mar 30, 2023
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The Startup
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Melissa Gouty
Five Practical Tools Working Writers Really Need NowProductivity rocks!
Jan 14, 2023
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Jan 14, 2023
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Literature Lust
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Melissa Gouty
Five Ways to Make Every Minute CountCherish your writing time. You don’t know how much you have left.
Mar 12, 2020
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Mar 12, 2020
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The Writing Cooperative
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Melissa Gouty
A New Way to Look at RejectionHow “rejection-math” can feed your fire and heighten your hope
Dec 11, 2019
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Dec 11, 2019
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Honest Creative
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Melissa Gouty
The Ultimate Power of Words on the PageWriters take note. The New York Times proves that text still matters
Jun 22, 2020
Jun 22, 2020
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Tough Cookie
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Melissa Gouty
Conquer Your Notebook Chaos — With These Simple RulesImpose order to locate your ideas with ease
Mar 28, 2020
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Mar 28, 2020
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Literature Lust
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Melissa Gouty
Do You Know the Work of Annie Ernaux, the Newest Nobel Laureate in Literature?Another writer to add to my to-be-read list
Oct 6, 2022
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Oct 6, 2022
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Literature Lust
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Melissa Gouty
5 Fascinating Facts About Writing Books That Every Author Needs to Know“You’ll be surprised
Jul 28, 2020
Jul 28, 2020
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Literature Lust
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Melissa Gouty
Why the Story of Nicholas Evans Is One That Fuels Writers’ Hopes & DreamsThe Horse Whisperer
Aug 30, 2022
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Aug 30, 2022
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