Tips, How-Tos, and Guides

5 Ways to Quickly Improve Your Writing

If you want to improve your writing, then by far the best way to do it is to just write, and to do it a lot. There’s no magic quick fix for honing your own...
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4 Tricks to Write Faster

I’m a firm believer that writing should take the time it takes and shouldn’t be forced. After all, sometimes life happens. We all have times when we feel like crap or are overwhelmed. In those...
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3 Practical Ways to Cope With Rejection as a Writer

Locked inside my head are multiple famous stories of writers who got rejected, only to become famous and make it big: J.K. Rowling, Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss), Jack Canfield, John Grisham, and Stephen King...

5 Tips for Creating a Killer First Draft

Image created by Wanda Thibodeaux via Canva Writing is a process, meaning that it’s not a great idea to expect to crank out a perfect first draft. But I’m a sucker for efficiency and quality,...
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How to Balance How You Talk and How You Write

Image via Pixabay Stop for a moment. Listen to some conversation around you. Does it sound at all like how you write? It probably doesn’t.  This is normal. But if you want to be a...
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5 Genius Ways to Pace Yourself as a Writer

It's critical that you pace yourself as a writer. Doing so helps you meet deadlines, look professional and crank out a maximum number of projects that can produce income in a healthy way without burning...

5 Unique Ways to Know You’re a Good Writer

Image created by Wanda Thibodeaux on Canva Writers always want to know if we’re any good. But we have a dilemma: We know the publishing industry has its biases and is profit-oriented. Yet, we also assume that...
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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...

5 Practical Tips to Take the Suck Out of Writing

Image via Canva 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...
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5 Tips to Make Writing A Book a Million Times Easier

Business photo created by wirestock – www.freepik.com 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...