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A blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing. Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social. Find it at Writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · May 11

I've got a writing book problem: When I have a book writing problem, I pick up a writing book, and since writing is hard I've read dozens of writing books in the last decade. This is my attempt to make sense of them.
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Writing About Writing About Writing

Writing book reviews and tools

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · 10h

Spiral stories cover the same ground multiple times, expanding or changing context each pass through. For this week's #writingabtwriting proof of work we outline a spiral structure and try to build a story out of it.

💙📚 #writingcommunity #shortstory

Spiral Story - Outline

In our last Proof of Work I spent some time describing the ideation process for a short story. This time I’m going to outline it.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 18h

This week’s chalkboards at @curiousiguana.com

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · 1d

If you are feeling like the world is falling down, others are too. Any act of creation and community joy right now is resistance. Start small, meet your neighbors, make something beautiful together.

How to start (and keep) a writers group

If you are looking to start your own writers group, for whatever reason, these are my notes on what I would do if I had to start a new group today.

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SFF Addicts Podcast @sffaddictspod.bsky.social · 3d

NEW MASTERCLASS INCOMING! Ep. 176 airs on Tuesday, with guest @julieleong.bsky.social and co-hosts @adrianmgibson.bsky.social & Greta Kelly snuggling up for a warm and welcoming masterclass on WRITING COZY FANTASY ☕️🫖

Available Oct. 14 in audio/video:
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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · 3d

I am recovering from an epic cold. September's reading report is now up with some fun links for you [Doomscroll the game! fish committing credit card fraud!]. The next bit of the spiral story will be up Tuesday and another writing tool is in the hopper for later this week.

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Reading Report: September 2025

This month's reading report has a fish committing credit card fraud, doomscroll the game, and some ominous mail from the red cross.

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StoryADay @storyaday.bsky.social · 5d

Everything I learned about writing from the Philadelphia Phillies crashing out of the World Series race...https://storyaday.org/sftw119

An entirely appropriate image of a dirty baseball in front of a setting sun, with the words Failure is Not Optional and the URL: https://storyaday.org/sftw119

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 10d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · 9d

Perdido can be divisive on plot, people either love it or hate it. But is absolutely 100% there on the mushroomcore aesthetic.

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writerunboxed.bsky.social @writerunboxed.bsky.social · 13d

No matter how weirdly different our methods, our brains do something AI will never accomplish. Author Kelsey Allagood unravels the awesome weirdness, today at WU.

Your Brain Is a Story Machine

Note: When I wrote about being a neurodivergent writer last time, many of you told me it was the first time you felt truly seen. That meant so much to me. I realized I had more thoughts about it, s…

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 13d

The list of works eligible for the Anthropic copyright infringement settlement has been posted on the settlement website. I've updated my blog post on the settlement with inks, general info, and what happens next writerbeware.blog/2025/09/26/b...

Bartz v. Anthropic Settlement: An Update for Authors - Writer Beware

The searchable list of eligible works is available at the settlement website (also see the update below): https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup BACKGROUND A year ago, a group of autho...

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · 12d

For mushroom core are you thinking like What Moves the Dead and Perdido Street Station?

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · 14d

Am I the best writer? No.

Maybe that will help. Sometimes the best way to learn is to notice the mistakes of others.

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · 14d

Each step in the process will be broken down, explained, and posted unpolished. An I'll talk about what I learned and what I'd do differently. Because it's hard to find rough and final manuscripts for comparison.

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · 14d

I'm excited to start sharing a series I've had in the wings for a while now. Proof of Work takes a single book and works through the prompts. I'm starting with a series of short stories inspired by Meander, Spiral, Explode.

💙📚 #writingcommunity #shortstory #writingq #author #writingabtwriting

Spiral Story: Ideation

Inspired by Meander, Spiral, Explode I'm writing a short story with a spiral plot structure, from idea to final draft.

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · 21d

This week's #writingabtwriting review is Charlie Jane Ander's 'Never Say You Can't Survive.' Part writing manual, part survival handbook for our dumpster fire times, this one is for anyone who is struggling to create right now.

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Never Say You Can’t Survive - Charlie Jane Anders

If you need a rallying cry or a shoulder to cry on to help you create right now, Never Say You Can’t Survive might be the book you need to read right now.

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John Lechner @johnlechner.bsky.social · 22d

I'm ready to start on my fall projects 🍂

Cartoon of a hand writing on a piece of paper with a bulleted list. The list is illegible but the title says "My Spring Projects" with the word Spring crossed out, replaced by Summer, which is also crossed out and replaced by Fall.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 27d

The National Hurricane Center wants us all to know that Gabrielle is "still struggling" over the central Atlantic and...I don't usually identify with hurricanes, and I'm in Florida, close to the Atlantic but not over it, but otherwise - I hear you, disorganized storm. I hear you. I get it.

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Nicholas Whyte 白怀珂 ǝʇʎɥM sɐloɥɔᴉN @nwhyte.bsky.social · Sep 13

Your occasional reminder that Ursula K. Le Guin and Philip K. Dick were in the same year in the same high school, liked each other’s writing, but never met in person.

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · 29d

Today's #WritingAbtWriting post went off early. Appropriate for an article about setting up a Chekov's Gun?

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Firing Chekov's Gun - A Gentleman in Moscow

A Gentleman in Moscow contains a set of literal Chekov’s guns, but many of the other objects, people, and places in the story set up the ending. So let's talk about how this type if story is built.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · Sep 14

My garden this morning. The world’s on fire but there are still butterflies and bees

Amber-colored fritillary butterfly on purple-flowered ironweed

Native bumblebees sipping nectar from blue caryopteris blossoms

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · Sep 12

Copyright is a front-and-center issue in the ongoing class action against Anthropic. Thankfully, @victoriastrauss.com of SFWA's Writer Beware® was kind enough to outline the basics, myths, & issues for us this week.

Writers: Share widely! Some of our best creator-defense lies in everyday education.

Protecting Your Intellectual Property: What You Need to Know About Copyright - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association

by Victoria Strauss of WRITER BEWARE®. Learn why official copyright registration matters, how to protect your work, and what authors need to know to avoid scams and qualify for remedies in the US lega...

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · Sep 12

Ooh! I'm adding it to my list.

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · Sep 12

Oh yes, I am certainly that person at times.

Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · Sep 11

We chose to prioritize ease of entry for the main group early on to be encouraging to new folks. The goal is more writers in the world and we found (with an earlier group) that too much emphasis on meeting requirements scared off the timid and the new.

Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · Sep 11

But we are a looser group overall and we have a smaller long form group with stricter requirements. They meet once per month and submit things that are being prepped for publication. But if we only did this group we'd rarely see new people and I'd personally have been out long ago due to my work.

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