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 ...
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Writing Tools: Use Your Spare Minutes To Write
Do you wish you had more time to do the things you’d like to do? In our writers’ group meeting, we discussed writing tools which can help us to save time and get more done. This inspired me because in 2019, writing has dropped off my radar. I don’t have hours to write. Although I’ve had spare ...
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? ...
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 ...
