Improve your writing: Step away from the desk.
Need a break from writing? Here are five tips for inspiring creativity, strengthening skills and refreshing stamina. Read More “Improve your writing: Step away from the desk.”
Creativity & Inspiration
Set your writing free
A writer offers an entertaining look at confronting and conquering the demons that hinder your creativity. Read More “Set your writing free”
Journaling without the tedium
The Writer has found some specific approaches that put the creativity and ideas back into writing Read More “Journaling without the tedium”
Instant writing motivation
Drawn largely from recent research in neurology and psychology, here are 20 techniques to get you going Read More “Instant writing motivation”
5 ‘nothing’ minutes a day – just try it
Our writer offers a painless way to drive out your anxious mind and put yourself back in touch with your imagination. Read More “5 ‘nothing’ minutes a day – just try it”
Featured Posts
Opportunities for Writers: February 2023 Calls for Submissions
February 2023 Calls for Submissions These are the writing opportunities and contests that caught our eye and are published in the February issue of The … Read More “Opportunities for Writers: February 2023 Calls for Submissions”
Consistency across your YA series
The key to writing a great YA series (or MG series) is knowing your characters and plotlines inside and out – while giving yourself the flexibility to modify things when needed. Here are four things to live by when writing a series, based on tips from middle grade and young adult authors who have been there. Read More “Consistency across your YA series”
25 Sensory Writing Prompts to Improve Detail & Description
By most accounts, there are more than five senses. Some experts say there are seven, some as many as 20. But narrowing in on at least the five classical senses can lend a much-needed “sense” of detail to your writing. Here are five prompts for each of those five classic senses. Read More “25 Sensory Writing Prompts to Improve Detail & Description”