How to Deal with Other People Finding Writing Success
Abstract vector created by macrovector – www.freepik.com 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...
How to Tell the Difference Between Content Mills and Legitimate Writing Sites
Want to be an article writer? You'll need to figure out which platform(s) to publish or find clients with. Within this, it’s critical to be able to spot the difference between content mills and legitimate...
Investment Mindset: 4 Rules to Be a More Successful Writer
Money vector created by stories – www.freepik.com If you’re like most writers, you’ve probably heard that, if you really want to be successful, then you have to write a ton of content. The story is...
Are You a Bad Writer? Here’s the Truth
Food photo created by valeria_aksakova – www.freepik.com In my usual browse of article headlines on Feedly this morning, I stumbled across this gem from Hannah Giorgis in The Atlantic. Giorgis declared that much of what’s on Netflix...
Should You Work As a Ghostwriter?
Most writers dream of people knowing their byline. But thousands of writers are flying under the radar as ghostwriters. Let’s explore what it means to be a ghostwriter so you can decide whether it’s right...
Paper or Digital: Which Is Better for Writing?
Background photo created by freepik – www.freepik.com You’ve heard the stories. People like Abraham Lincoln, J.K. Rowling, Aaron Sorkin, even Marilyn Monroe–all are said to have scrawled ideas on whatever they could, including paper napkins....
How to “Show Don’t Tell” in Writing
Paint photo created by freepik – www.freepik.com If writing advice had a Top 10 Hits list, “show, don’t tell” likely would rank #1 pretty dang easily. We’ve heard it a million times. We know we...
10 Ways to Get New Writing Ideas
Business photo created by freepik – www.freepik.com If you’re mysteriously blessed with a mind that produces new writing ideas like new bunnies in a burrow, life probably is pretty good. If you’re like most authors,...
