The way you create doesn’t have to look the same as your favorite creator. You’re you. What you create is unique—and so is the way you create.
Here’s how you can use mindfulness to create a more flexible and nourishing writing routine.
Read MoreThe way you create doesn’t have to look the same as your favorite creator. You’re you. What you create is unique—and so is the way you create.
Here’s how you can use mindfulness to create a more flexible and nourishing writing routine.
Read MoreIt’s 2018. It seems kind of crazy that anyone would choose to write by hand, not on a computer.
And yet…here I am.
Read MoreIt’s time to think up ways you can stay creative even when you aren’t writing!
Some of these activities might even help you find that creative mood again!
I’ve taken the work out of it for you, so now all you have to do is sit down and read this list! :D
Read MoreYou might be in school right now. Or maybe you have your own family. And a job!
BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN’T WRITE YOUR BOOK!
Whaaaat??!
It’s true!
It takes intention and work, but you can do it!! And here are a few tips for you!
So you think you want to self-publish?
Congratulations!!
Whatever brought you to this point, don’t resent it! Even if you’re only doing this after so many rejections from traditional publishers, it’s okay. This is all part of your writing journey; and self-publishing is becoming more and more accepted and encouraged all the time.
This is all about getting your book out there, the way you want it to be!
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A pantser is someone who doesn't outline. You sit down to write without any outlining, barely knowing your own characters and the world they live in.
I used to be a pantser; and that's a perfectly acceptable way to write. I remember the boxed in feeling that an outline used to give me and, wow, I would avoid that at all costs!
Does that sound like you?
And if that's how you feel about outlining, how scary is it that when we rewrite, we should rewrite every single word? (Except the ones we take out, of course!) But go over every last thing to perfect it? Yikes!
Read MoreIf you’re anything like me, you’re always looking for ways to help you write!
Maybe you’re trying to make the time to write. Maybe there are things about the writing process that just baffle and aggravate you.
Writing is a difficult process, full of more difficult processes than meet the eye!
Here are just a few of my favorite writing resources!
Read MoreIt’s all well and good to know what kind of writer you are—but how does this affect your rewriting style?
I think that rewriting will look different for plotters or pantsers, because they’re both vastly different approaches to writing. There are some similarities, sure, but that's just because rewriting is rewriting. :D
This one is for you, plotters!
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