‘Someone Else Published My Idea. Now What?’
This situation reflects your hopes and fears.
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Yanyi
The Writing: On designing a writing life
There’s a distinction between the years in which you are figuring out what it means to pursue writing professionally and the years when you actually start navigating it.
Read moreThe Writing: Making the work visible
The moment I feel momentum in a project, all I want to do is regiment the number of words I will add in a day and stack them in a timeline until I know the exact day I will reach my goal. I want to know the future. And you probably know how that ends.
Read moreThe Writing: Is this the beginning of a new book?
Perhaps third time's the charm.
Read morePostscript: A prompt for paying attention
One image a day.
Read more‘How Do You Write About Joy?’
It’s about finding presence enough to be here.
Read moreThe Writing: How did your summer writing go?
Back in May, I did a check-in with myself on my yearly intentions and set some goals for summer. I also asked about yours.
Read moreThe Writing: Between seasons
Living in the end and a secret announcement.
Read moreThe Writing: On writing where you are
[W]hat happens when one’s emergency impulse is made the attitude toward life? It involves transfiguring places from what they are into what I want them to solve.
Read moreThe Writing: Vacation mode
Hello, I am on vacation! The Writing will return next week. In the meantime, here are two threads I have noted in the recent past on getting a writing education outside of an MFA. Meant for poets but useful for all.
Read moreThe Writing: On finding one’s own measures (Part 2)
On Sunday I began a postscript detailing my most vivid memories of emerging in my career thus far. It turned out to be larger than a postscript. Here’s the next leg of the journey, on my first fellowship and my first book. My first fellowship. The same year I
Read morePostscript: On finding one’s own measures (Part 1)
Letter: ‘What’s an “Emerging” Writer and How Do I Become One?’ There are, obviously, milestones that signal to others that one has “made it” as a writer. There are also, less obviously, the milestones that signal to oneself that there is permission to continue. This is the strange journey
Read more‘What’s an “Emerging” Writer and How Do I Become One?’
Welcome back to The Reading, radical empathy for writers with Yanyi. Last month, paid subscribers received the following: * The postscript to today’s letter: On finding one’s own measures (Part 1 – My first acceptance and my first writing group) * Private access to the inaugural writers’ cafe, Writing Space (more
Read moreThe Writing: On writing spaces
Once upon a time I had a strong impulse to throw parties and arrange meetings. There was something in the air for me around bringing people together. I had many reasons: the thrill of the crowd; the mystery of strangers coming together; the desire to buy the flowers myself. But
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