Tag Archives: emerging writers

“I want to double down on me.”

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Theo Pauline Nestor

I’ve been pretty obsessed with Jill Soloway’s series Transparent this winter break, which led me to reading Ariel Levy’s fabulous profile of Soloway in The New Yorker titled “Dolls and Feelings.” There are a dozen reason why any emerging writer should read this profile, but the juncture of Soloway’s story that keeps replaying in my head is the one at which her career was at its lowest point and she made the decision to “double down” on herself. Continue reading →

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Getting Past “Write Every Day” Writing Advice

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Theo Pauline Nestor

When I was in my 20s and 30s and wanting to be a writer (and yet not quite, um, writing), the only type of writing advice that seemed to come my way was some version of Hemingway’s credo “You must … Continue reading →

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Emerging Writers’ Series: What Louis CK Has to Teach Us

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Theo Pauline Nestor

Big thanks to my friend Kellini who turned me on to this video clip last night. Louis CK talking here about his development as a writer and the role George Carlin played in that process illuminates so much of what … Continue reading →