Writing Tips: Why Writing Yourself Into Your Own Hero’s Journey Can Help You Get Unstuck
Every writer gets stuck at times: stuck with a creative project, but also stuck in life. Lara Zielin shares a unique tool that she used [Read More]
Advice from Writers
The 6 Things Writers Need to Make a Living (Everything I Know)
— Millions of people have built writing careers, and you can too. You can work full or part-time. It’s up to you. Most writers never [Read More]
How to Keep Writing When You Don’t Have Time to Write
When a writer voices frustration about not being able to write, often the advice given is some form of “you just have to suck it up [Read More]
9 Weird Ways to Beat Writer’s Block
To beat writer’s block, a typical problem among writers, let’s tackle it with atypical solutions. Nine of them, because, well, nine is an atypical number. [Read More]
10 Tips for Sharp Writing That’ll Please the Grammar Police
You can’t tell who they are until something happens. Something evil. Something so terrible it’s almost an unspeakable crime. But they’re everywhere. And if you’re [Read More]
10 Ways For Professional Writers to Hone Their Craft
For casual scribes, stringing words together can be a bit of a lark. Professional communicators, though, must adhere to higher standards. Embrace these practices for ongoing [Read More]
How to Start a Story: 10 Ways to Get Your Story Off to a Great Start
Perhaps you’ve heard the old publishing proverb: The first page sells the book; the last page sells the next book. I’m convinced there’s a mammoth [Read More]
What Is Writer’s Block and How to Overcome It with These 8 Strategies
Writer’s Block, sometimes referred to as Creative Block, is a condition in which a writer loses the ability to create new work. He feels stuck [Read More]
Truths about Publishing You Can Only Learn in the Trenches
Though professional behavior should go without saying in your field of work–in this case, publishing–you’d be surprised just how damned infrequent it is. It’s important [Read More]
Guest Blogging Query 12 Tips For Landing the Best Guest Blog Spots
Most author marketing gurus will tell you that guest blogging is one of the best ways to promote your book. Beth Hayden wrote on Jane [Read More]
The Hack’s Guide to Killing Your Darlings
Every critique session since the 1930s has included someone saying the phrase, “Kill Your Darlings,” and it must continue ever after, like those chain letters [Read More]
30 Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical devices are as useful in writing as they are in life. Also known as persuasive devices, stylistic devices, or simply rhetoric, rhetorical devices are techniques [Read More]
How to Beat All-or-Nothing Thinking and Get More Writing Done
It’s a new year! New goals! New motivation! Last month I participated in a 500 word a day writing challenge on Spar. If I missed, [Read More]
How to Become a Freelance Writer: The Ultimate Answer Sheet
Each January, my email inbox fills up with questions about how to get started in freelance writing. Rather than try to answer them one at [Read More]
How to End Writing Interruptions
Whenever something interrupts you from your writing, your concentration is broken and you lose time as your mind tries to recover that productive state you [Read More]
32 Ways To Write About Fear
One of our most popular posts on Writers Write is 37 Ways To Write About Anger. We thought we would look at interesting ways to write [Read More]
Readers Don’t Care Who Publishes Your Book–Really!
One of my private amusements is the serendipity surrounding how well my different books sell, or not. And how that really doesn’t align with who [Read More]
How to End Writing Interruptions
Whenever something interrupts you from your writing, your concentration is broken and you lose time as your mind tries to recover that productive state you [Read More]
How To Improve Writing Skills (15 Ways To Hone Your Skills As A Writer)
You already know that having writing skills has the power to change your life and the lives of those who read your work. So, it [Read More]
4 Writing Techniques to Borrow from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
Since its publication in 1843, Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol has become one of the most iconic holiday stories—perhaps even the most iconic—in Western literature. Not only has [Read More]
8 Little-Known Tools to Double Your Productivity as a Writer
As a writer the most valuable resource you possess is time! By managing time in the best possible manner, you can free yourself from the [Read More]