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Will Remains

@willremainswriting.bsky.social

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Raised in the redneck sticks of central Maryland, halfway between a 1/4 mile dirt track speedway and an institution for the criminally insane. Writer at willremains.com. Blogger at substack.com/@willremainswriting. Former publisher at bigpulp.com.

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Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Baltimore writers! There's still time to register for the 2026 Manor Mill Writers Retreat. This year's event is extended to three days and features a keynote speech by Stephanie Dray. #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity @baltimoresun.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com @baltimoremagazine.com

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Don’t forget! Manor Mill 2026 Writers Retreat

November 12 – 15, 2026

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Mail call #booksky #books

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Would readers feel they know me, if all they knew was my writing? #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity

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Write With Me: Conclusion, For Now

Would readers feel they know me, if all they knew was my writing?

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What could a middle school kid raised on television, root vegetables, and neglect possibly have to write in his journal? You’d be surprised. #writing #writingcommunity

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My Turn: Journaling

What could a kid raised on television, root vegetables, and neglect possibly have to write in his journal? You’d be surprised.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Journaling means never saying ‘no’ to a new notebook. #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity

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Finding Your Stories: Journaling

Journaling means never saying ‘no’ to a new notebook.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A monthly recap of recent posts, news on my WIP, the best writing advice from around the internet, and quite possibly my favorite parting song of the year. #writing #writingcommunity

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Dare to be Yourself When Others are Watching

Will Remains Writing for August 2026

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Baltimore writers! The 2026 Manor Mill Writers Retreat is now a 3-day event with options for overnight stays and a keynote address by Stephanie Dray. #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity @baltimoresun.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com @baltimoremagazine.com @stephaniedray.bsky.social

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Manor Mill 2026 Writers Retreat

November 12 – 15, 2026

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I feel you, Tawky. #writing #writingcommunity

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Your genre is you. #writing #writingcommunity

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My Turn: I Write What I Want

Your genre is you.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Mail Call! #bookworm #writing #writingcommunity

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“Find out who you are and do it on purpose” - Dolly Parton (1946 - 2026)

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Please yourself and you’ll find the readers you please. #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity

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Write What You Want

Please yourself and you’ll find the readers you please.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The stories will continue until everything is said and everyone has had the chance to say it. #writing #writingcommunity

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My Turn: What I Want You to Know

The stories will continue until everything is said and everyone has had the chance to say it.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“A work of art is a confession.” — Albert Camus #writing #writingcommunity #mondayblogs

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Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

When you write your questions about life, sometimes life answers. #writing #writingcommunity

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My Turn: What I Want to Know

I didn’t intend to stop writing, but I drifted away from it. Questions brought me back.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It’s human nature to wonder where we come from and where we’re headed. Don’t be afraid to ask. #writing #writingcommunity #mondayblogs

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Write What You Want to Know

You are allowed to write about what you don’t understand.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

What would my most indulgent novel look like? #writing #writingcommunity

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My Turn: My Obsessions and Fascinations

What would my most indulgent novel look like?

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I could have titled this post “Write Your Geekdom” but I didn’t want to give non-geeks the wrong idea. #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity

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Write Your Obsessions and Fascinations

Why shouldn't a police detective collect Star Wars action figures?

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A monthly recap of recent posts, news on my WIP, the best writing advice from around the internet, and a parting song.

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Everybody Here is a Work of Art

Will Remains Writing for July 2026

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Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Are your beliefs visible in your writing? I bet they are. #writing #writingcommunity

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My Turn: What I Believe

When all else fails, double down.

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Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

You are a partisan. You have a moral point of view. You can’t resist it, so make the best of it. #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity

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Write What You Believe

You have to believe in something.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Life is a tough teacher. It’s tougher when you don’t listen. #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity

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My Turn: What I’ve Learned

Life is a tough teacher. It’s tougher when you don’t listen.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

If you approach learning as a joyful pursuit, you will never have a day of drudgery. #writing #writingcommunity #mondayblogs

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Write What You’ve Learned

Learning from experience is always a choice.

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Here's the front cover of my upcoming speculative poetry collection Lounging with Strange, to be published very soon! The front cover is a photo of my painting Old Friends. Updates soon!

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

If all Boy Scout troops were like mine, boys and their families would flee the BSA like snakes hightailing it out of Ireland. #writing #writingcommunity

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My Turn: What I’ve Experienced

I will do my best.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Pure observation can prompt ideas, but experience shapes story. #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity

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Write What You’ve Experienced

Pure observation can prompt ideas, but experience shapes story.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

You always remember your first drag queen. #writing #writingcommunity

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My Turn: What I've Observed

We were all searching for home.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Observation is by its nature biased. #writing #writingcommunity #mondayblogs

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Write What You've Observed

What you observe is interesting, because it is interesting to you.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Nephew: If we cut off your head and buried it, would it grow potatoes or money? Me: I think the family would prefer cash. Nephew: Do you have a kitchen knife?

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Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

When the skills of youth begin to fade, look for new strengths in what comes next. Plus news about my novel in progress and the best writing advice from around the web. #writing #writingcommunity

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Strength to Strength

Will Remains Writing for June 2026

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Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Feelings are stupid but eventually you’ll have to write about them. #writing #writingcommunity

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My Turn: What I Feel

It all started with a chimichanga.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Readers will always remember how your story made them feel. #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity

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What Do You Feel?

People will never forget how you made them feel.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

"Write what you know" is difficult when you don't know shit. #writing #writingcommunity

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My Turn: But What Do I Know?

Very little, as it turns out

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

“Write what you know” is great advice, if you know cool shit. #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity

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What Do You Know?

And why on Earth would you want to write about that?

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Do you fall into a shame spiral when you think about fully expressing yourself? Me too. #writing #writingcommunity

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My Turn: Shame and Permission

Not a happy beginning, but a mostly happy ending

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Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The best ideas always come from inside. #writing #writingcommunity #mondayblogs

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Where Do You Start?

The best ideas always come from inside.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

What I'd say to my younger self. #writing #writingcommunity

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My Turn: Introduction

What I'd say to my younger self.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

You have lived more writing material than you will be able to write in your lifetime, if only you could identify it as material. #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity

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Write With Me: Introduction

You have lived more writing material than you will be able to write in your lifetime, if only you could identify it as material.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

If a scene bores you, imagine what it will do to a reader. Here's how I fixed a few boring scenes. #writing #writingcommunity

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Will Remains Writing for May 2026

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Happy Pride to all of us who like our rainbow in darker shades.

YouTube video by Rick Worley

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Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

What I didn't know then. Spoiler: It's a lot. #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity

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Write With Me: Finding Stories in the Life You Already Have

What I didn't know then. Spoiler: It's a lot.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Who are your literary forebears? #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity

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Creative Family Tree

Who are your literary forebears?

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The writing life can make you crazy but it can also save you. #writing #writingcommunity

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Book Club: Bird by Bird – Giving and Gifts

The writing life can make you crazy but it can also save you.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Some things never end, and they shouldn't. #writing #writingcommunity #mondayblogs

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Some things never end, and they shouldn't.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

As you develop your writer’s voice, you must first answer one foundational and difficult question: Who are you? #writing #writingcommunity

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Book Club: Bird by Bird – Voice

Voice is a critical element of your writing, but understanding it can be frustrating for the beginning writer who wants a clear definition or a formula for developing one.

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Writer’s block is not imaginary but nor is it permanent, and you aren’t alone to deal with it. #writing #writingcommunity

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Book Club: Bird by Bird – Writer’s Block

As a topic of literary conversation, writer’s block is as well-trampled as show, don’t tell and write what you know. Everyone has heard about it, most of us have experience with it, and a few think th...

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Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I am flawed but I am worthy. #mondayblogs #writing #writingcommunity

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Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

A look back on my month, including an update on my WIP, the best writing advice from around the web, and a parting song. #writing #writingcommunity

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Will Remains Writing for April 2026

Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We need people in our lives who use action verbs. #writing #writingcommunity

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Book Club: Bird by Bird – Friends

In the next few sections of Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott discusses writers groups and people willing to read your early drafts.

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Will Remains @willremainswriting.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The internet has obviated much of the need for in-person research needed by fiction writers, but there are times you still need to make the call. #writing #writingcommunity

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Book Club: Bird by Bird – Calling Around

Another section of Bird by Bird that is a bit dated is the chapter on making connections.

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