• Visualize First, Write Second...
    I realize we writers write in different ways... I was told once that to be a visual writer is to be a rarity, but I think that's only a ...
  • Emotional Writing - Which Category Are You?
      There seems to be two types of writers... 1) ones who can experience a deeply emotional event, and can distance themselves from their emot...
  • Don't Measure Your Draft to Published Works...
      The biggest error made by new writers is their assumption about what it takes to be a published author. All new writers start out as disce...
  • Write Short Stories to Write Books...
      Fact: Most people who start writing a book never finish. 'Why is that?' you ask. Because they never became skilled at finishing a ...
  • Writer Schedule Not Working? Tweak It...
      When a hobby writer attempts to transform into a career writer, a mindset and energy set will change. And you won't know what's wo...
  • Head-Butting Writer Fear...
      I have this "thing" about spiders... I mean, I don't go catatonic or anything when I see one, and I can scoop a household in...
  • A Writing Schedule...
      A writing schedule...   It's a mystery to me that people treat writing and playing the piano differently.    Both require practice. Bo...
  • The Story Start and The End...
      The Start and the End... You need to know where you're going in order to get there.   This may sound like a DUH! fact, but new writers...
  • Can't Write? Go Outside...
      Can't write? Close your laptop and get outside. Do something physical.   Your blank mind is telling you that your imagination well is ...
  • The Importance of Writer To-Do Lists...
      Yes. I know. Today's topic is not sexy or romantic or adventurous in any way. It may have only come in above watching paint try. But i...