Getting Personal — BREVITY’s Nonfiction Blog

Originally posted on WILDsound Writing Festival:
The biggest misconception about social media for writers is that it’s free. Sure, we don’t pay to subscribe to Twitter, there’s no cost-per-click to view our friends’ news on Facebook. But there’s still a price, and what we’re paying is time and privacy. What do we get in return?…

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Ten Reasons Why Women Writers Can’t Write 10,000 Words, Written by a Woman Writer — BREVITY’s Nonfiction Blog

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By Brianna Bell Last week Jeffrey Goldberg, mansplainer-in-chief at The Atlantic, wrote an article appearing to suggest that women can’t write 10,000 words. Women across the world nodded their heads in unison, “Yes, Mr. Goldberg,” they said. “Finally a white man who understands us.” I can’t write 10,000 words,…

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