The Writing Habit with Justine Kenin. Learn the best way to build a writing habit, how carrots and sticks help, plus prompts and books to get you going.

-Penning in Paris, writing group, daily time, prompts, lots of reading on writing

Featured Guest:

Justine Kenin is a producer for "All Things Considered." She's worked at NPR since 1999, when she was hired as an intern while finishing her MFA in nonfiction writing at Columbia University. She published a children's book, We Grew It, Let's Eat It, in 2010. And she works to carve out some time for writing, every day.

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