For many years I wrote about fiction, story, belief, ordinary life, and the questions that shaped my work. More than two thousand essays remain here—not because every one represents my current thinking, but because together they tell the story of a writer learning over time.
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Thinking Mindsets
Below, is a chart I created. I ‘stole’ the descriptors and definitions from the brilliant Adam Grant and the first chapter of his book, Think Again: The Power…
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Umberto Eco’s Advice to Writers
I encourage you read these powerful, awe-inspiring words from Maria Popova’s wonderful collection, Timeless Advice on Writing: The Collected Wisdom of Great Writers. Here is the link to…
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The Workhorse and the Butterfly: Ann Patchett on Writing and Why Self-Forgiveness Is the Most Important Ingredient of Great Art
I encourage you read these powerful, awe-inspiring words from Maria Popova’s wonderful collection, Timeless Advice on Writing: The Collected Wisdom of Great Writers. Here is the link to…
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The Art of Motherfuckitude: Cheryl Strayed’s Advice to an Aspiring Writer on Faith and Humility
Here’s another article drawn from her wonderful collection, Timeless Advice on Writing: The Collected Wisdom of Great Writers. I encourage you to take time to read these powerful,…
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Virginia Woolf on Writing and Self-Doubt
I’m currently taking a writing and blogging sabbatical due to family health issues. For now, I’ll repost selected articles from Timeless Advice on Writing: The Collected Wisdom of…
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Today’s biking
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What’s this blog about?
The following can also be found at the About page. Since 2015, I’ve written eleven novels. One thing I’ve learned from fiction writing experts is the importance of…
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E.B. White on How to Write for Children and the Writer’s Responsibility to All Readers
I’m currently taking a writing and blogging sabbatical due to family health issues. For now, I’ll repost selected articles from Timeless Advice on Writing: The Collected Wisdom of…
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How Steinbeck Used the Diary as a Tool of Discipline, a Hedge Against Self-Doubt, and a Pacemaker for the Heartbeat of Creative Work
I’m currently taking a writing and blogging sabbatical due to family health issues. For now, I’ll repost selected articles from Timeless Advice on Writing: The Collected Wisdom of…
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Pulitzer-Winning Poet Mark Strand on the Heartbeat of Creative Work and the Artist’s Task to Bear Witness to the Universe
I’m currently taking a writing, blogging, and coaching sabbatical due to family health issues. For now, I’ll repost selected articles from my Fiction Writing School. I encourage you…
Richard L. Fricks 