List: Writing | Curated by Marc Smith

Jan 27, 2024

11 stories

Writing
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Writers! How to find your routineI’ve been a full-time freelance writer for almost a decade. In that time, I’ve written everything from product descriptions and press…
Jan 24, 2024
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Jan 24, 2024
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The voice in the other room: A poemI sometimes hear her voice in the other room
Muffled, slightly out of earshot
Incoherent, as if she is talking to herself
Nov 10, 2023
Nov 10, 2023
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How Can I Write About My Trauma?I have a story I want to tell. But I can’t tell it. It’s not because I’m sworn to silence or risk imprisonment for divulging state secrets…
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
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Why we should all read poetryThe psychological benefits of reading & writing poems
Mar 3, 2023
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Mar 3, 2023
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The Enduring Power of StoriesAnd why they matter more than ever.
Mar 24, 2023
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Mar 24, 2023
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Memory and StorytellingThough my early memories are patchy, I think they are not, or not entirely, a confabulation, and I belief this because of their…
Jun 13, 2023
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Jun 13, 2023
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What Is Uncanny Fiction?From an early age, ghost stories and other tales of the supernatural have fascinated me. As a teenager, I filled my shelves with the works…
Oct 2, 2023
Oct 2, 2023
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I’ve never found my niche on Medium. Does it matter?When I first began writing on Medium, the most common advice people gave me was to find my niche. This was way back in 2016, well before…
Oct 10, 2023
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Oct 10, 2023
3
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4 Cures for Writer’s BlockWith some inspiration from Iain Banks
Oct 14, 2023
Oct 14, 2023
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Can Personality Theory Help Writers Craft More Believable Characters?How well do you know your characters? Like many writers, I like to think I know them more than the real people in my life. That would make…
Oct 24, 2023
Oct 24, 2023
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The Best Fictional Characters Stay With Us — This is howDo you ever find that the characters you read about in book sometimes spill over into the real world?
Oct 24, 2023
Oct 24, 2023

Writing

Writers! How to find your routine

I’ve been a full-time freelance writer for almost a decade. In that time, I’ve written everything from product descriptions and press…

The voice in the other room: A poem

I sometimes hear her voice in the other room Muffled, slightly out of earshot Incoherent, as if she is talking to herself

How Can I Write About My Trauma?

I have a story I want to tell. But I can’t tell it. It’s not because I’m sworn to silence or risk imprisonment for divulging state secrets…

Why we should all read poetry

The psychological benefits of reading & writing poems

The Enduring Power of Stories

And why they matter more than ever.

Memory and Storytelling

Though my early memories are patchy, I think they are not, or not entirely, a confabulation, and I belief this because of their…

What Is Uncanny Fiction?

From an early age, ghost stories and other tales of the supernatural have fascinated me. As a teenager, I filled my shelves with the works…

I’ve never found my niche on Medium. Does it matter?

When I first began writing on Medium, the most common advice people gave me was to find my niche. This was way back in 2016, well before…

4 Cures for Writer’s Block

With some inspiration from Iain Banks

Can Personality Theory Help Writers Craft More Believable Characters?

How well do you know your characters? Like many writers, I like to think I know them more than the real people in my life. That would make…

The Best Fictional Characters Stay With Us — This is how

Do you ever find that the characters you read about in book sometimes spill over into the real world?

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