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How To Keep Writing: 5 Tricks To Sneak Past Perfectionism
Have you been sitting in front of your computer for what feels like hours? You know the feeling. Typing a few words, deleting them, groaning in frustration, getting a couple of sentences down only to decide they’re not quite right... You’re about ready to tear your...
101 Writing Tips To Improve Your Writing Today
So you want to become a better writer? It’s a noble ambition. Writing is a demanding craft and if you want to get better, you must practice every part of the craft. If you’re writing fiction, for example, you’re probably more concerned with telling a great story than...
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What’s the Story Here? [Creative Writing Exercise]
It's time for a creative writing exercise! Whether you write fiction or non-fiction, you need to boost your creativity. Take a look at the image above. What's the story? Can you come up with a mini-drama of not more than 350 words? Here’s how it works: We set the...
3 Habits That Separate Good Writers From Tragic Wannabes
You want to become a good, maybe even a great, writer. You study books on writing. You follow blogs on writing. Hell, you've even thought about taking a writing class. But you're tormented by a recurring thought. What if you're wasting your time? What if good writing...
How to Plot a Story Even If Plotting Scares You Silly (7 Sure-Fire Ways)
Can a story work without a structure? Of course not. But a structure itself is not a plot. A structure is a Holiday Inn. A plot is a Gaudi cathedral. It has twists, turrets, flying buttresses... So how do we find a plot? The instinctive way is to start with a strong...
Scared to Write What You Really Think? Why it Will Make You a Better Writer
The memory still sends shivers down your spine. Maybe it was a post you wrote on Facebook or on your own blog. You hit Enter or Publish, congratulated yourself, and moved on to your next task. An hour later, a reply! And the first three words were… How dare you Your...
Don’t Want to be a Boring Writer? How to Electrify Your Readers
Do you want to be a boring writer? No, of course you don't! But how to avoid it? Do you sometimes read a piece that moves at an agonizingly slow pace? I do. Well, let me be honest here - I tend to read only the first paragraph, and then I put the boring book aside or...
No Time, No Money, No Motivation to Write? Here’s What to Do
Why aren’t you writing? I’ll bet you have a host of reasons lined up. You’re ill, you’re busy, your writing stinks, your house is a mess, your kids are a pain, and you don’t have any time, money, or motivation. Writing is important to you—but it’s also scary. I get...
What Are YOU Writing?
What are you working on right now? Please share YOUR writing with us here at WTD. So what are you writing? A novel? A blog post? Your best article ever? A poem? A film script? Maybe you've just finished something you're really proud of? Or you just can't tell...
5 Tips on Learning to Write When You’ve Lost Your Mojo
Have you ever lost the motivation to write? You know what that feels like—projects wait to get started, they stall, or they go unfinished. Your head is filled with a fog, instead of the lightness of inspired ideas. I've been there. At times, I feel excited and in the...
How To Soar Like An Eagle As A Writer
Do you wonder why some writers soar in their careers while others never get off the ground? We all like to think that luck has much to do with why writers soar in their careers. Listen to any interview by a famous writer and you’ll hear about their lucky break. But...
20 Hot Tips On How To Write the Perfect Pitch
Raise your hand if you want to know a perfect method of landing a guest post, article, or even the perfect job. If you know how to write the perfect pitch, you're on the path to success. It took me a while to realize that I'm really good at writing pitches. I...
What Is The Story Behind This Image? (Creative Writing Exercise)
It's time for a creative writing exercise! Whether you write fiction or non-fiction, you need to boost your creativity. Take a look at the image above. What's the story? Can you come up with a mini-drama of not more than 350 words? Here’s how it works: We...
Creating Author Websites: The Definitive Guide
If you want to be discovered as a writer, there’s an important question you need to consider. Can agents, publishers and readers find you? The bitter truth is, if you can't be found, nobody can discover you. In this post, you'll learn how to be found by creating an...
Is ‘Finding Your Voice’ as a Writer Just Plain Laughable?
Have you found your voice yet? I hope not! Because this whole idea of 'finding' your voice is pure, well ...cow splatter! Why? Because you and I never lost it in the first place! Our writing voice is innate. What do you think? Are we on the same page here?...
What Are You Writing?
What are you working on right now? Please share YOUR writing with us here at WTD. So what are you writing? A novel? A blog post? Your best article ever? A poem? A film script? Maybe you've just finished something you're really proud of? Or you just can't tell...
How To Engineer Your Novel For Writing Success
It’s fair to ask, “What does engineering a novel mean?” And how does it lead to writing success? To paraphrase Webster, to engineer is to create and design large structures or new products or systems by using scientific methods. But writing a novel is art, not...
How to Proofread Your Own Writing (10 Amazing Tips)
Why should you care about learning how to proofread your own writing? Well, let me share a small story with you. The best blog post I read this morning—of many—is good. Very good, actually. It flows. It’s fresh. It has a rhythm that drew me in and made me want to read...
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