The Write Attitude: Getting Lost in The Words

This post is a chapter from my book, The Write Attitude, which is now in a second edition. I’m posting it here to entice you to head over to Storybundle to pick up a copy, along with ebooks by T. Thorn Coyle, Ron Collins, Darcy Pattison, Anthea Sharp, and ten more great writers. Everyone’s book is […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/04/17/the-write-attitude-getting-lost-in-the-words/

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The Write Attitude: Getting Lost in The Words

This post is a chapter from my book, The Write Attitude, which is now in a second edition. I’m posting it here to entice you to head over to Storybundle to pick up a copy, along with ebooks by T. Thorn Coyle, Ron Collins, Darcy Pattison, Anthea Sharp, and ten more great writers. Everyone’s book is […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/04/17/the-write-attitude-getting-lost-in-the-words/

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The Write Attitude: Getting Lost in The Words

This post is a chapter from my book, The Write Attitude, which is now in a second edition. I’m posting it here to entice you to head over to Storybundle to pick up a copy, along with ebooks by T. Thorn Coyle, Ron Collins, Darcy Pattison, Anthea Sharp, and ten more great writers. Everyone’s book is […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/04/17/the-write-attitude-getting-lost-in-the-words/

#freenonfiction #NewReleases #OnWriting #craft #MickHerron

The Write Attitude: Getting Lost in The Words

This post is a chapter from my book, The Write Attitude, which is now in a second edition. I’m posting it here to entice you to head over to Storybundle to pick up a copy, along with ebooks by T. Thorn Coyle, Ron Collins, Darcy Pattison, Anthea Sharp, and ten more great writers. Everyone’s book is […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/04/17/the-write-attitude-getting-lost-in-the-words/

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"All first drafts are horrible" is a pacifying thought. If read from a certain angle, it almost looks like the first draft **should** be horrible. Maybe this thought started the idea that one should write the first draft quickly and carelessly. "You can always rewrite it later."
They don't build houses this way, do they?

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Recommended Reading List: March 2026

Technically, the first thing I finished reading was Anton Chekov’s The Seagull for my theatre history class. I’d read both the play and the short story the first time I was in college 100,000 years ago, and didn’t like them then. I decided to give the dang thing a chance again. Still didn’t like it, […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/04/04/recommended-reading-list-march-2026/

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Have you noticed that regardless of how good a draft looks, if it brews for at least 24 hours, you'll find parts to improve?
And the process has no endpoint. It seems like the trick is to let it brew for some time, but to still mark it as finished after a few iterations.

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Cover Art

On my Patreon page, I’ve been putting up free posts about the new and improved cover art that we’re doing at WMG. You can find a number of posts, but I thought I’d share this one with you here. (I’ll be sharing the occasional Patreon post throughout 2026 and maybe beyond.) You can sign up […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/03/08/business-musings-cover-art/

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