Craft + Process

Friction is your friend

Why we don't actually want creative work to be easier

Jan 19 • Caroline Donahue

Hibernating your writing

Updated from the archives: How to pause mindfully

Dec 15, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

Bespoke Story Structure

How a sewing course illuminated story structure

Oct 24, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

28:23

Everything I know about writing I've learned from other crafts

Dropping perfectionism and embracing the slipped stitches

Sep 19, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

The Bespoke Revolution

The creative cost of forgetting what fits

Aug 6, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

Getting (and Staying) Organized as a Writer

July Member Workshop

Jul 28, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

AI and reading: Are we asking the right questions?

How the innovation of a spindle gives us clues about our current predicament.

Jul 10, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

What a difference 10 weeks of writing makes!

How making goals for a shorter timeframe makes longer projects manageable.

Jun 18, 2025 • Caroline Donahue, G.G. Law, and Steph

35:17

Assembly required

Crafting a better world

Jun 10, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

A reader possessed

How rereading reframes our writing today

May 12, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

A Tale of Two Chicken Restaurants

Are you fighting for the wrong thing?

Apr 14, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

Craft as Carpentry

Letting go of genius envy

Mar 3, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

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