The Writer Mo Ibrahim

Saturday, September 20, 2025

The Best Way to Handle Rejection?

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Po Bronson, the writer of the international bestseller Bombardiers , reportedly advised that the best way to handle rejection is to begin wr...
Monday, September 1, 2025

Median Author Income!

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Per the Authors Guild, their Author Income survey is "the most comprehensive study of its kind in the U.S. to date." For the 2023 ...

THE TENANTS: A Motivating Novel and Film for Writers

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Here's  IMDb's  plot summary for  The Tenants   (2005)  :  In an abandoned tenement, an African-American militant writer [ Willi...
Sunday, July 27, 2025

Qualities of the Writer: Literate, Hard Working and Passionate

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  In a piece for the Los Angeles Times , " Viet Thanh Nguyen: In praise of doubt and uselessness" (April 14, 2017), Viet Thanh Ngu...
Monday, March 31, 2025

"How to Write Good"?

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Advice to Writers   posted "How to Write Good" ( March 28, 2025) , which is sixteen (16) writing tips from  William Safire: Avoi...
Monday, January 27, 2025

Writing a Book: Talent vs. Grit

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Reportedly, Colum McCann, the writer of literary fiction, guaranteed that a writer with 80% talent coupled with 100% desire will be "so...
Thursday, December 26, 2024

The Fear of Writing

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Richard Rhodes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, reportedly opined that fear, not talent, stops most people from writing. Rhodes said: ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Similes and Metaphors: Keep it on the Body

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Kimberly King Parsons related that a teacher advised her [during her MFA studies at Columbia University?] to  “Keep it on the body.” In oth...
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Writer vs Actor

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What's the difference between an actor and a writer? Per Joan Didion, unlike an actor, a writer can perform alone - while an actor, even...
Saturday, August 10, 2024

Writers: Don't Sell-Out

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Previously, I've posted about the importance of writing about a topic that you're passionate about. Otherwise, you may not be able ...
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