Archive - What keeps me going

December 2024

Instead of New Year's resolutions, I offer you banitza

In the last hours of 2024, as I prepare the food and set the table, I think of the cultural layers I carry with me, 20 years after leaving my childhood…

Dec 31, 2024 •

Nataliya Deleva

03. Notes on Craft with Lily Dunn - Part 1

Writing the self: memoir, memory, and craft

Dec 28, 2024 •

Nataliya Deleva

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Write Well Day 24: Learn to finish

and congratulations on completing this online course; celebrate tonight

Dec 24, 2024 •

Nataliya Deleva

Write Well Day 23: Learn to self-edit

and then, eat your cake as a reward

Dec 23, 2024 •

Nataliya Deleva

Write Well Day 22: Balance showing and telling

it's that one again, I know

Dec 22, 2024 •

Nataliya Deleva

Write Well Day 21: Avoid clutter in your writing

It’s tempting to add more: more description, more dialogue, more action.

Dec 21, 2024 •

Nataliya Deleva

Write Well Day 20: How to manage self-doubt

Self-doubt is part of being a writer.

Dec 20, 2024 •

Nataliya Deleva

Rituals that keep me going

and bring magic into my day

Dec 19, 2024 •

Nataliya Deleva

Write Well Day 19: Celebrate small wins

As writers, we can be our own harshest critics.

Dec 19, 2024 •

Nataliya Deleva

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