Tag: writer’s life
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Acceptance and Writing Updates
Do you follow me on Instagram? If you don’t, please do! It’s my favorite place to connect with others and also where I share most of my writing updates and other random shenanigans. Recently, I shared some exciting news I received within these past couple of weeks: my first MAJOR acceptance. Now, I’ve had plenty…
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7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Writers
Writers are weird. Now before you go and get offended, please understand that I think weird is perfectly acceptable. Wonderful. Necessary, even. I mean, you don’t create entire worlds, landscapes, and people without some weirdness. And writers have some pretty weird habits. Obsessively drinking coffee. Constantly jumping back and forth between: “this is brilliant!”and “this…
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Free Writer’s Workshop Wednesday: Brainstorming
Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any. – Orson Scott Where do your ideas come from? Writer’s often get asked that question as if they have a magical pool that provides them with limitless ideas…
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Free Writer’s Workshop Wednesday: Dialogue
Dialogue is a crucial part of any story and moves the plot along in many ways: plot development, character traits, pacing, etc. Yet, if dialogue is so important, why is it often so hard? Tips for Writing Dialogue Listen to How People Talk In order for dialogue to sound real, it should sound how real…
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Five Steps You Need to Take When You’re Serious about Writing
It’s easy to think about writing as just a hobby, and certainly can be a very creative and enjoyable one! But if, like me, you want to actually create a career out of writing, there are certain steps you need to take in order for people to take you seriously. Block Out Time to Write…
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Should you Write Fiction or Nonfiction?
When it comes to deciding what to write, there is a vast array of options. Some writers are diehard fiction fanatics, and other enjoy the practicality and structure of nonfiction. Me? I like both, personally. I love exploring different realities and the creative outlet of fiction, but I love researching and organizing ideas with nonfiction.…
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The Free Writer’s Workshop Wednesday: The Writing Process
“I think that writers are made, not born or created out of dreams of childhood trauma—that becoming a writer (or a painter, actor, director, dancer, and so on) is a direct result of conscious will. Of course there has to be some talent involved, but talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt.…
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How to Deal with Rejection as a Writer
You sweat over a piece of writing. You pour your heart and soul into pages and pages of words. You comb through every last little comma until you’re certain it’s perfect. Then you send your baby out into the world, hoping it will find its home somewhere. And then, your baby is turned away, your…
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Creating Habits that Stick
Well, it’s February. I know, I’m shocked too. Did you January fly by as quickly as mine did? Did you know most New Year’s resolutions are broken by February? I don’t know the exact statistic, and I don’t really care, but it’s something I was thinking about at the beginning of this year. I don’t…
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Writing for Children
There’s something that happens when a child picks up a book. Whether they toddle over to a parent and plop on their lap or sneak pages under their sheets in the glow of a flashlight, when a child reads, magic happens. I don’t say this to sound prosaic or poetic; I truly believe it. I’ve…
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