Holidays that celebrate writers and the act of writing, observed with essays from a working professional writer. Each entry connects the day to real lessons from 33 years of professional writing and more than 113 published books.
Writing HolidaysThe National Day on Writing celebrates why and how people write, under the hashtag #WhyIWrite. My answer is simple: writing is something you do, not something you discuss. A look at the work behind the impulse.
Writing HolidaysNational Punctuation Day fights sloppy punctuation, and the marks are having a strange moment. A case for learning the rules cold before AI quietly forgets them for you, and why they still matter.
Writing HolidaysNational Proofreading Day promotes error-free writing, but real proofreading is bigger than typos. The dangerous errors aren't spelling mistakes, they're failures of logic and clarity. A look at what a true pass catches.
Writing HolidaysFather's Day is the third Sunday in June. When the relationship was hard, the holiday is complicated. Writing the honest version instead of the card version.
Writing HolidaysA Room of One's Own Day is January 25, Virginia Woolf's birthday. Why a dedicated writing space matters, and a look at the office I built out of a dining room.
Writing HolidaysNational Storytelling Week runs late January into February. Why storytelling is the root skill under all writing, and how to actually get better at it.
Writing HolidaysNational Write Your Story Day is March 14. Why your story is worth recording, how to start when it feels impossible, and why the form can be anything.
Writing HolidaysNational Life Writing Month is November. Life writing is more than memoir: journals, essays, letters, and family history. How to start without a book.
Writing HolidaysNaNoWriMo shut down, but the November writing challenge lives on. Why writing a book in a month works, and how to actually finish one this year.
Writing HolidaysNational Authors Day is November 1. One discouraging teacher, a long climb through ghostwriting, and why becoming an author is something you claim.
Writing HolidaysNational Nonfiction Day is the first Thursday in November. Why nonfiction matters, what makes it good, and why the best reason to write it is not sales.
Writing HolidaysI Love to Write Day is November 15. Where a love of writing comes from, and the truth that love gets you to the page but habit gets you to book one hundred.
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