Archive - Wetherell on Writing

COMING ATTRACTIONS

Just a quick head’s-up about an upcoming post I began work on today.

Jun 13 •

W. D. Wetherell

TEACH YOURSELF WELL

“No one, and I mean NO ONE, was ever going to tell me how to write.”—William Carlos Williams.

Jun 4 •

W. D. Wetherell

May 2025

If reading a book is like taking a journey, as so many have claimed, then the author functions as a kind of tour guide, showing readers the important…

May 1 •

W. D. Wetherell

April 2025

COMPLETE LITE VERSE OF

Volume the Last

Apr 3 •

W. D. Wetherell

COMPLETE LITE VERSE OF

Volume the First

Apr 3 •

W. D. Wetherell

March 2025

A Minor Postscript

I’m not a religious person, God knows, but the last few weeks have seen me…and I’m sure many of you…repeating over and over to myself the one fervent…

Mar 6 •

W. D. Wetherell

Extras, cameos, walk-ons

Mar 6 •

W. D. Wetherell

February 2025

A FAREWELL TO RED

Feb 13 •

W. D. Wetherell

A FAREWELL TO RED

Feb 13 •

W. D. Wetherell

January 2025

Jan 20 •

W. D. Wetherell

BE A DAMNED AUTHOR?

There’s a temptation almost every novelist gives into eventually: making one of their characters be a novelist, too.

Jan 16 •

W. D. Wetherell

December 2024

Pretend you’re a novelist, a beginner, who after managing 129 pages of spellbinding drama and roller-coaster plot twists, has finally gotten your two…

Dec 19, 2024 •

W. D. Wetherell

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