I often harp on the importance of setting writing goals over here at the blog and often push the idea that if you set specific goals, you can achieve anything you set out to do. But it isn’t always that easy. I know the experts all agree that writing down your goals is the best […]
Preemptively Defeat Your Distractions Before You Start Writing
Hey, it’s that time of day (or most likely night) again. You know, when you go into your isolation chamber and get ready to work on your current masterpiece. If you’re anything like me, however, sometimes it can be difficult to get started. Distractions are everywhere and I’m convinced that the outside world is conspiring […]
The Structure of a Good Story
Planner or Pantser? I’m sure at some point in your writing career you’ve faced the question of whether you’re a planner or pantser. A discovery writer or an outliner? I haven’t written a lot about outlining in the past, mostly because I had considered myself a discovery writer. For me, creating a detailed outline was something […]
Five Links Friday 10/2/15
It’s October! Let’s start the weekend off right with another Five Links Friday! 1. Let’s start by checking out this batch of links from Merce Cardus on on Writing, Self-Publishing & Better Living. 2. Here’s an interview with Susannah Rickards at Daily (w)rite discussing all sorts of things, but with a focus on writing a […]
When should you give up your dream and stop writing?
My wife and I were having a jovial conversation the other day about the usual stuff (i.e., how busy and exhausted we are) and I said that if I didn’t believe I would eventually make writing to the point where I can do it full time, that I would have quit a long time ago. […]
Five Links Friday 9/25/15
It’s time again for Five Links Friday. Give ’em a look, and enjoy your weekend. 1. Let’s start with a post about your writer platform from Chuck Sambuchino at First Novels Club. This is especially interesting to me, since a good chunk of my “writing” time is devoted to this: Building Your Writer Platform—How Much […]
If you don’t have time to read…
That’s a pretty well-know quote from Stephen King’s book on writing (aptly titled: On Writing.) If you take that statement at face value, it isn’t really saying anything special, just that reading is important and if you don’t read a lot, you won’t become a very good writer. But if you look into the deeper […]
3 Quick Things To Watch For If You’re Writing YA
When I’m working on a Young Adult project, I often need to remind myself that while I may be childlike, I’m still an old guy. That can sometimes make writing a story with younger characters difficult. In fact, as I worked on one of the revisions to my first novel, I found three mistakes in […]
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