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? ...
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Creativity: 4 Habits To Build Your Creative Inspiration
In our February writer’s group meeting we discussed creativity. Three writers in the group were blocked, and several others struggled to get back to regular writing after Christmas and New Year. I’ve found this too. If I take more than a week off from writing, it seems as if I’ve got out of the ...
Inspiring Bullet Journal Ideas You Can Use For Reading And Writing
Love your bullet journal? Whether you decorate your journal, or not, a bullet journal is an amazing tool both for your reading, and writing. But should you have one journal, or more? Your bullet journal: should you have one, or several? We discussed this at a recent writers’ group meeting. Our ...
Writing Fiction: 3 Tips For Building A Bigger Novel
Writing fiction presents various challenges. Here’s one that’s a little different: what do you do if you’re concerned that your novel’s too short? This topic came up in one of our writers’ groups meetings last year, and a friend brought it up recently. In some genres (fantasy, for one) readers ...
5 More Things No One Tells You About Writing A Novel
You’re writing a novel. Your emotions change quickly. One day you love your novel; the next you hate it and everything about it. We discussed 5 Things No One Tells You About Writing A Novel in a blog post. Vital: No matter how much preparation and outlining you do, the story you write will be ...
Writing A Novel You Hate: 3 Tips To Help You To Keep Writing
Oh dear, what a disaster. You’re writing a novel, and you hate it. You can’t finish it — you can’t even force yourself to read it with pleasure. What made you think that you could write a novel? You’re disappointed, and ashamed. STOP! I know what comes next… you’re tempted to delete that pile ...
