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How Signposting Turns Confusion Into Curiosity
Most of my content in 2025 is free, but I appreciate the support of readers who make my writing life possible.
Aug 12
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Man Plans, But God Laughs: My WIP 6 Months In
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Aug 5
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The Ultimate College Essay Checklist
WHY THIS CHECKLIST MATTERS
Jul 22
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Demystifying The Objective Correlative
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Jul 1
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Does Concision Matter Anymore?
I’ve noticed a paradox in our digitally-addled age.
Jun 3
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What Is Lyricism? Part Two.
If lyricism is defined in part by musical language, its other essential attribute is resonance.
May 13
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What Is Lyricism? Part One.
One of the unexpected delights of this spring has been building a bespoke syllabus in the art of the personal essay.
Apr 29
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How To Craft Enduring Metaphors
I know of few literary devices more delightful than metaphors, those artful comparisons between two otherwise unrelated things.
Apr 1
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To Call Each Thing By Its Right Name
I was thinking about Christopher McCandless the other day.
Mar 4
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The Accordion of Time
Imagine yourself at a coffee shop with a new friend.
Feb 18
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The Mountaineer’s Method for Book Mapping
There is a section in The Dawn Wall, a documentary about two record-breaking climbers, where Tommy Caldwell has completed a portion of the route, but…
Feb 4
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The Problem With Writing Dialogue In Memoir
In “On Keeping a Notebook,” Joan Didion reflects on a lunch with her father when she may or may not have ordered cracked crab, even though she now…
Jan 21
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