Erin Fitzgerald

Jun 15, 2022

Thinking with markers

Target markers, one Faber-Castell gel stick, and Rhodia paper — (This is excerpted from an issue of my Substack, Stationary Stationery, where I usually just get really nerdy about fountain pens.) Found a stash of pre-pandemic markers the other day, and had to test them. Most held up pretty well! …

Writing

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Writing

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Nov 3, 2021

More stupid fiction writer tricks

Keep a list of low stakes activities that interest you. Star the ones about which you’re reasonably sure you’ll never have to care what other people think of your performance in them. You know how they say that depression isn’t always about feeling sad, and anxiety isn’t always about feeling…

Writing Process

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Writing Process

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Sep 28, 2021

Four reasons to write-in

My literary citizenship these days is mostly about organizing write-ins for Barrelhouse. Once or twice a week, we open a chat room where writers can log in and then just…write. Here’s an overview of how it works, and we’ll be doing write-ins until at least the end of November. (If…

Writing

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Writing

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Sep 6, 2021

Fiction writer uses this one weird trick.

Time in, garbage out. — Eventually you’ll figure it out, so let me save you some time: The office with a view over my mental fiction writing warehouse is usually empty or on fire. I’m all over the place with process and attitude and dreams. …

Fiction Writing

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Fiction writer uses this one weird trick.

Fiction Writing

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Aug 31, 2021

Confession of a fiction writer who always has things to say about fiction writing, but rarely publishes these days.

I favorited this tweet so hard I almost put a hole through my screen: Several years ago, I (mostly) stopped sending my stories out. I had a few reasons. One of the reasons, the totally movie-ready one that’s now basically over and done, you’ll be able to read about…

Fiction Writing

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Fiction Writing

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