You’re a writer. You also have a job that’s not writing (probably). You have kids, hobbies, volunteer activities, household chores, and on and on and on. In other words, your writing time is extremely limited, and you need to make the most of it. But even though we all recognize this fact, we continue to…
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Use Mini-Milestones to Smash Your Writing Goals – Quick Writing Tip
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] To paraphrase the old rub, “How do you write a novel about elephants?”. The answer, of course, is “one word at a time.” That may seem obvious or trite depending on your vantage point, but it holds a truth that too many authors overlook to their detriment. Overwhelmed by Blank…
10 Things that Writers Need to Stop Doing … NOW
Every year, we make resolutions about what we plan to do in the next 12 months … We’re going to exercise more. We’re going to write more. We’re going to clean up our diets. We’re going to save money. Aside from giving up a few specific vices — smoking, reality TV, negative thoughts — most…
The Deadline is Your Lifeline – Quick Writing Tip
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Sometimes a simple idea is all you need to get you moving forward again, and that’s the idea behind this series of Quick Writing Tips culled from around the net: to get your writing back on track. You know that great aunt of yours who loves to receive letters from…
12 Pieces of Writing Advice You Should Ignore in the New Year
If there’s one constant across all types of writers at every point in our careers, it’s that we’re always looking for ways to improve. Whether you want to write your novel faster, pull more traffic to your blog posts, or leave deeper psychological scars for readers of your short stories, you want to get better….
The Writer’s Toolbox: Grammarly for Chrome
By default, Chrome lets you know when it thinks you’ve made a spelling mistake by marking the offending word with a squiggly red underline. And you can use Grammarly to check for basic grammatical errors in addition to spelling gaffes. A free account will show you “critical” issues and alert you to the presence of…
15 Simple Writing Resolutions You Can Keep EVERY DAY in the New Year
Read More Fiction Other than, you know, writing your butt off, the best way to improve your prose is to read … a lot. Many writers fall into the trap of thinking they’re too busy with their own writing to do much reading, but that is a mistake. You will never reach your potential as…