We’re in the final weeks of 2019, so I thought I’d revisit some of the articles posted this year. Let’s look at three articles I posted in February about writing fiction. Writing fiction: building your novel and marketing it If you participated in NaNoWriMo this year — kudos to you. ...
Writing Tools & Techniques
Writing Journal: 3 Easy Tips To Enhance Your Creativity
Want to enhance your creativity? Start a writing journal and write a few sentences every day: not only will you be more creative, you’ll be more productive as well. Here’s why: Your writing journal breaks your inertia and conquers creative anxiety; You’ll start thinking like a ...
Your Bullet Journal: 5 Tips For Self-Publishing Authors
Our writers’ group has several self-publishing authors who happily use a bullet journal. So, in our last meeting, we discussed ways to use our journals to track book sales and other activities related to our businesses. “I’d love to use a bullet journal, but I’m not an artist,” one author ...
Write Fiction: 3 Easy Tips To Develop Your Characters’ Motivation
You write fiction because you're inspired; you have many ideas you want to share. Unfortunately, the nitty gritty of writing can be challenging. Sooner or later, your inspiration flags. You despise your characters and decide that your plot is silly. Want to light a fire under your characters? ...
Mind Mapping: 3 Tips To Plot And Revise Your Novel
When you’re writing a novel, there’s a thousand pieces of information you need to keep straight. Mind mapping is the easiest way to do that, without stress. That’s the biggest benefit of a mind map: you can take in information at a glance. Rather than rereading chapters of prose, you can check ...
Regency Romance: Developing Character Names
Part of the fun of reading (and writing) Regency romance is the characters’ names. If you write Regencies, chances are that you’re always searching for names you can use. How do you develop names for your Regency romance characters? I use a book by Sherrilyn Kenyon, The Writer’s Digest Character ...
