by Mary Jaksch | Oct 5, 2015 | Become a Top Blogger
Sometimes I write a Frankenstein piece. It looks fine until I notice that arms sprout where the legs should be – and unfortunately I forgot to attach a neck. I don’t always notice that straight away. Why? Because when I finish writing a piece, I’m in...
by Taylor Jacobson | Feb 8, 2013 | Become a Top Blogger, Tips, Tips For Writers
Expertise or humility? You’re an expert on something. Maybe that’s one of the reasons you started writing. Unfortunately, experts tend to be a bit self-promoting and arrogant, and arrogance is a sure way to lose your readers. The opposite approach won’t work either....
by Judy Lee Dunn | Jul 9, 2012 | Tips For Writers
The best bloggers on the planet do three things very well. I call them the 3 E’s. The first two, educate and engage, are the easiest to master. But the third E, entertain, is the one that will set a blogger apart from the masses. The best way to entertain, to...
by Mary Jaksch | May 31, 2012 | Be Creative, Tips
Every once in a while we get to hear great advice from someone who’s actually done what we hope to do–achieve extraordinary writing success. So check out the video below. In what has been described as “one of the best commencement speeches ever,...
by Lisa Kilian | Jul 14, 2011 | Fiction
Whatever you think, you need an editor. There comes a time in every writer’s life when the plot is adequately twisted, the characters are adequately developed, and all the typos have been eliminated with a laser gun. You think. Actually, you’re not sure if any of that...