The Long Conversation

Weekly conversations on the craft of writing

Mar 19, 2021

TLC Podcast #14 - What, Me Worry? Workshopping Dan Shipper

Rachel and Taylor join Dan to workshop his upcoming essay on something everyone has feelings about: Worry. Topics include: how we might chan

Apr 8, 2021

#15 - Restful Writing

This week, Rachel greets Dan, Nathan, and Taylor with a writing exercise: what is it like when your house is completely silent? Answering th

Apr 15, 2021

#16 - Specificity informs intimacy

Rachel, Nathan, and Taylor welcome Kieran O'Hare, an Every writer and editor whose recent Superorganizers profile of Dan Shipper took an ent

Apr 23, 2021

#17 - When the feeling stops, I’ll stop

Rachel, Dan, Nathan and Taylor welcome new Every lead writer Evan Armstrong—the new voice behind Napkin Math—to the podcast. Topics include:

May 14, 2021

#18 - Unsticking yourself (Part I)

Pulling from an anti-writer's block resource created for Every writers and readers, Rachel takes Dan and Nathan on a journey through a word

May 28, 2021

#19 - Welcome to another edition of Thunderdome

Rachel brings together Nathan and special guest Evan Armstrong to discuss the writing and editing processes that led to their hit pieces fro

Jul 12, 2021

How to find your writing “voice.”

Introducing The Long Conversation: The Newsletter

Jul 19, 2021

Chaotic Good

Or, how to stop hating yourself and start writing.

Jul 26, 2021

Unstuck Yourself!

Keyword brainstorming, freewriting exercises, my favorite prompts, and more ways to find your next great essay idea

Aug 2, 2021

Process Over Product

On letting go of “done”

Aug 17, 2021

The Traveling Kind

Keeping up with writing when you’re away

Aug 23, 2021

Re: Happiness, in pursuit thereof

Writing when everything hurts

Sep 22, 2021

How Writing Can Help Us With Grief and Trauma

Evidence, explanation, and exercises

Oct 13, 2021

Stop Getting Rejected For Dumb Stuff

Trying to get published? Avoid these mistakes!

Oct 19, 2021

Who are you writing for?

Write better by knowing your reader