Essays
On Writing Badly Every Morning
Three pages before breakfast, and permission to make them terrible.
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Author
Nora Ellis
Nora is a registered dietitian who writes about food without rules, guilt or powders.
Essays
How I Outline Without Killing the Story
Index cards, a corkboard and a rule: the outline is allowed to change.
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Notebook
What I Read This Month (And What I Didn’t Finish)
Six books, two abandoned, one I’ll be thinking about all year.
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Yoga & Mobility
Ten Minutes of Yoga for Stiff Desk Bodies
A gentle sequence for hips, back and shoulders.
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Nutrition
How to Build a Balanced Plate
Half vegetables, a quarter protein, a quarter whole grains.
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Essays
The Year I Stopped Reading the News Before Noon
What happened to my attention — and my sentences — when mornings went quiet.
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Essays
Revising: The Three-Pass Method I Actually Use
Big picture, then paragraphs, then every single word.
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Notebook
Notebook: Ten Sentences I Overheard at the Café
Fragments from the table next to mine — kindly anonymous.
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