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Writing Motivation: Strive for Originality when Writing FictionWhen writing fiction, you want to be original; that is, your plot, characters, setting and ideas should be fresh or novel (no pun intended). But is there, as some say, “nothing new under the sun”? READ MORE 200+ Writing Prompts That Lead To StoriesYou’re stuck on what to writeContinue reading “Strive for Originality when Writing Fiction – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Oct. 22, 2024”

Writing Motivation: You Cannot Improve as a Writer until Actually Revising Something You WroteAs writers, often we are our own worst critics. We’re typically either too ruthless or not critical enough of our own stories and articles. Worse, we sometimes even hate the good parts of our manuscript and love the poorly written sections. READContinue reading “You Cannot Improve as a Writer until Actually Revising Something You Wrote – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Oct. 15, 2024”

Writing Motivation: Each Draft of a Book Marks Another Year in the Building of a CathedralAfter you’ve brainstormed some ideas and made an outline of how you might organize those thoughts into a story or nonfiction piece, the next step is to get busy “drafting.” In many ways, drafting is like the multigenerational building ofContinue reading “Each Draft of a Book Marks Another Year in the Building of a Cathedral – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Oct. 8, 2024”

Writing Motivation: An Outline is to a Story What a Map is to a Road Trip Most published writers agree that inspiration is overrated. After all, inspiration can generate a story idea, a character, or even a scene, but it rarely generates a complete story. READ MORE Writing Tips: How to Overcome Writer’s BlockThere areContinue reading “An Outline is to a Story What a Map is to a Road Trip – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Oct. 1, 2024”

Writing Motivation: The Lightning Bolt Leading to Every Great Story is Born in a BrainstormIf you’re putting your pen to paper or fingers to keyboard for the first time on a story, you really aren’t starting it at all. You probably “started” writing the piece some time before – in your head. READ MORE Self-PublishingContinue reading “The Lightning Bolt Leading to Every Great Story is Born in a Brainstorm – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Sept. 24, 2024”

Writing Motivation: The Amount of Writing I Have Done and My Skill as a Writer Grows Every DayPush your inner critic out of the thoughts. Yes, writing is a lot of hard work and doesn’t always go as planned. But you have a vision, one of yourself as a published writer whose books are lovedContinue reading “The Amount of Writing I Have Done and My Skill as a Writer Grows Every Day. – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Sept. 10, 2024”

Writing Motivation: Not All of My Writing is Perfect – Neither was Every Step I Took as Learning to WalkEver hit a moment of frustration when you just can’t seem to get a sentence or a passage to sound right? The result is brain freeze. You keep working at the line only to suffer throughContinue reading “Not All of My Writing is Perfect – Neither was Every Step I Took as Learning to Walk – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Sept. 3, 2024”

Writing Motivation: A Story is Like a Child – Though It Arises from Us, It is Its Own BeingIf you’ve ever been a parent or just an astute observer of your niece or nephew, you’ve probably been struck by how much a child is like his or her father and mother. At the same time,Continue reading “A Story is Like a Child – Though It Arises from Us, It is Its Own Being – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for Aug. 20, 2024”