Do you dream of becoming a writer but find yourself questioning your own ability to write? You night just need a little inner encouragement. Begin by not comparing your writing to great authors. They spent years developing their skills and talents. Instead, read extremely trashy works by hack authors or in a genre that youContinue reading “Writing Inspiration: Read Trashy Writing”
Category Archives: Writer’s Block
Inspiring Yourself to Write
A major cause of writer’s block is being uninspired to write. You want to write but can’t get in the mood to actually create or find your mind drifting. The solution rests in determining why you feel uninspired. Are you bored with writing the story? Do you believe that what you’re writing just isn’t publishable,Continue reading “Inspiring Yourself to Write”
When Internal Interruptions Cause Writer’s Block
Internal interruptions often can cause writer’s block. This usually involves stress, lack of sleep or ADHD issues. In such cases, the block has to be resolved by making physical changes to oneself. You can’t “think” yourself out of an internal interruption like you can if you have a brain freeze or a poor story idea.Continue reading “When Internal Interruptions Cause Writer’s Block”
4 Great Tips on Outlining Your Story
After you come up with a story idea, try outlining it before jumping into writing the first draft. Outlining forces you to think about and plan out your story so that you don’t later suffer writing block or find yourself with a mess that needs a major revision. Here are four great tops for outliningContinue reading “4 Great Tips on Outlining Your Story”
Writing Inspiration: Take a Risk
Risk often means mistakes will be made. If you knew exactly what to do and simply had to follow the steps to certain success, there would be no risk. Maybe what you’re writing is too safe, given your skills and interests. To grow as a writer, try a plot or a literary device you’ve never usedContinue reading “Writing Inspiration: Take a Risk”
Last Step in Writing: Place Book in Final Form
Generally when putting together a book or any other publication, writers follow a process that typically includes brainstorming (coming up with the story idea), outlining, writing a first draft, and revising. The final step in this process is final form, or formatting the manuscript. This step usually was only done once the text had reached the exact version that the writer wanted. The manuscript thenContinue reading “Last Step in Writing: Place Book in Final Form”
When Solitary Activity of Writing is Too Isolating
Jessamyn West one said, “Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.” West makes some keen observations. Writing lends itself to solitary lifestyle. Writers must spend time in their own thoughts,Continue reading “When Solitary Activity of Writing is Too Isolating”
The ‘Thinking Step’ when Writing Your Book
If you’re putting your pen to paper or fingers to keyboard for the first time on a story, you really aren’t starting at all. You probably “started” writing the piece some time before – in your head. That “thinking step” is known in the writing process as brainstorming. It is where you come up with the idea forContinue reading “The ‘Thinking Step’ when Writing Your Book”
Writing Problem SOLVED: People Keep Interrupting Me while I’m Trying to Write
Every time you sit down to write, inevitably you end up saying, “If only no one were around!” Distractions from emails to “Can I have a cookie?” and from phone calls to “Honey, could you help me with this?” always seems to keep you from spending your writing time actually writing. Well, no more. If youContinue reading “Writing Problem SOLVED: People Keep Interrupting Me while I’m Trying to Write”