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How do you cope with staring at screens so much?

June 21, 2017 by Nathan Bransford 5 Comments

How do you cope with staring at screens so much?

Many of us look at screen all day as we work. We look at screens when we are reading the news. We look at screens when we’re watching TV. We look at screens when… Okay you get the point. Looking at screen all the time can make writing very difficult. To wit: We often write […]

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Interview: Author and editor Rakesh Satyal on writing, the book business, and the importance of diversity

May 25, 2017 by Nathan Bransford 3 Comments

Interview: Author and editor Rakesh Satyal on writing, the book business, and the importance of diversity

I’ve known Rakesh Satyal for most of my adult life, ever since we were young publishing pups coming up at Curtis Brown Ltd. and Random House, respectively. Rakesh has gone on to have a super interesting career. After moving over to a successful editing stint at HarperCollins, Rakesh left the industry to work in branding, […]

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Which program do you use to write?

May 24, 2017 by Nathan Bransford 27 Comments

Which program do you use to write?

A few months back, Gizmodo published an article asking why people are still using Microsoft Word. There are tons of word processing programs out there now, everything from bare bones to feature rich. So what program do you use to write, and why? Microsoft Word? Google Docs? Apple Pages? Scrivener? Oh, uh… Pen and paper? […]

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The incredible advantage of fast typing

May 11, 2017 by Nathan Bransford 11 Comments

The incredible advantage of fast typing

As longtime readers know, I’m a tad obsessed with productivity. And here is what I think is actually one of the most important factors to being productive: typing really freaking fast. (Curious how fast you type? This is a good site to test it. I’m around 110-120 come at me bro). Think about how much […]

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6 writing tips from Hamilton

April 17, 2017 by Nathan Bransford 3 Comments

6 writing tips from Hamilton

Hey so I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but there’s the musical called Hamilton and it’s pretty good. I finally had the chance to see this rather incredible blockbuster show a few months back, and it’s one of those rare pieces of art that manages to live up to whatever crazy expectations have been established […]

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The script

April 10, 2017 by Nathan Bransford 8 Comments

The script

Whether you realize it or not, you and I and everyone else walks around with scripts that we deploy in common social situations. When someone dies, we express sympathy, and they say, “Thank you.”  When someone gets a promotion, we express excitement, and they say, “Thank you.”  When someone keeps making the same relationship mistakes, […]

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Hi, I’m Nathan. I’m the author of How to Write a Novel and the Jacob Wonderbar series, which was published by Penguin. I used to be a literary agent at Curtis Brown Ltd. and I’m dedicated to helping authors chase their dreams.

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