At our first writers’ group meeting of 2020, we discussed our writing plans for this year. Only two of our members had created comprehensive plans with timelines and deadlines. I admire those writers, because even though I have a list of what I’d like to write this year, I haven’t set any ...
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Writing Fiction? Choose Two Writing Strategies For 2020
“Writing fiction is hard,” one of our writers’ group members said in our final meeting before the holidays. “Next year, I’m choosing just two strategies. With just two, maybe I can focus and get better at writing.” We all loved her “two strategies” idea. The writer shared her strategies with ...
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 ...
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 ...
