Archive for July 2022
Critical Things You Should Be Writing (But Probably Aren’t)
As the world grows more commercial, there’s an increasing tendency to label only certain types of writing as valuable: People encourage others to write books nearly as a right of passage. Professionals apparently aren’t professional at all unless they publish papers or articles. News headlines still capture our attention. No one wants to be without…
Read More5 Practical Tips to Take the Suck Out of Writing
Like any job, writing has its logistical and psychological challenges. These don’t have to ruin your experience, though. These are just a handful of tips that can make completing a draft all the easier and more enjoyable. 1. Back your writing up and print it out. These days, tools like Google Docs mean you can avoid…
Read More5 Tips to Make Writing A Book a Million Times Easier
Some brilliant people on the planet, so I have heard, are capable of writing a book with the same ease as sipping a latte. I am not one of those people. I count myself lucky if I write even one short story or novel a year, largely because…well, life. But I have developed some strategies that make…
Read MoreWhat’s In Your Punctuation? A Lot, Apparently
Part of basic elementary school training is learning the basics of punctuation: A comma does this, a period does that. Over time, we get better at using those basics consistently. That helps ensure writing is more understandable and has a better flow. But how much of punctuation relates to voice, that mysterious thing that agents, publishers…
Read MoreHow to Deal with Other People Finding Writing Success
You know those success-based social media posts. The exuberant ones. The ones where people announce they’ve just found an agent, met some ridiculous word count goal, or had a publisher snap up their book in a six- or even seven-figure deal. On the one hand, I am genuinely over the moon for the writers who…
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