by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Most writers, if they write long enough, will get to a point in their story where they feel stuck. I’ve heard it call “resistance” before, and I think [...]
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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Reviews: the good, the bad, and the ugly. :) Join me over at L. Diane Wolfe’s blog for a few thoughts on how to handle them. Image [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Happy 2023, everyone! It’s always great to see the goal-setting and motivational posts that pop up around the new year. I find everyone’s energy and enthusiasm really [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A particularly challenging time of year is quickly approaching for those of us with a writing habit. There’s often extra members afoot, parties and get-togethers, and children [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig First drafts are meant to be messy. It’s the time when we hammer out our story, taking it from a concept to something that, at least vaguely, resembles [...]
by Hank Quense, @hanque99 I’m a planner. I can’t help it. If I have a project to work on, I need to develop a plan. Occasionally, the thought crosses my mind that planning is [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig The writing life isn’t necessarily an easy one. For me, it’s a cycle of outlining, drafting, editing, and publishing with weekly business relating to promo. I enjoy [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m guessing writing has never been an easy business, but it seems particularly task-intensive in 2022. Not only do writers have to write the books, we have to [...]
by Nicholas Rubright Writing a work of fiction is often more of a marathon than a sprint, more of a journey than a destination. The following exercises are designed to develop your creative [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Unless you’re writing a memoir or a family history, chances are that you’re not writing for your family. Nor, unless your friends are eager readers of your genre, [...]
by Colleen M. Story, @colleen_m_story Difficult subjects. We’d all rather avoid them. It’s easier to write about good things happening to our characters. Falling in love. Getting a new job. Striking out on [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It’s good to be back from my little sabbatical. Actually, “sabbatical” makes it sound like a peaceful time of reflection, which it decidedly was not, ha. During my [...]
by Alex J. Cavanaugh, @AlexJCavanaugh Sometimes writers take a break. Maybe it’s a short break for a vacation or a month just to focus on other things for a while. On occasion, they [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Happy 2022! Today, I’m talking about plans and goals. For ages, I just set a mid-year goal instead of a New Year goal. June was a better time [...]
by Savannah Cordova @Reedsy Whether for a contest, a creative writing class, or simply as an individual exercise, most writers will have tried writing short fiction at one time or another. It’s a [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I think all of us have a crisis of confidence at some point when we’re writing. Sometimes it’s because the writing that day has been slow. Maybe you’re [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It can be tough, financially, to be a writer, especially if you’re just starting out. There are costs associated with self-publishing (covers and editing, in particular) and earning [...]
by Colleen M. Story, @colleen_m_story One of the reasons many writers enjoy their craft is because it provides an absorbing method of escape. If you’re one of those, it’s time to celebrate! For [...]
by Mike Martin, @mike54martin Somebody recently asked me how did one write a mystery series? That was a good question. Safe Harbour, the latest in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery series is Book #10. [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There are so many different aspects of being a writer these days. We have to be more outgoing online than many of us might want to be. We [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Writing is frequently a really daunting task. So often we have the perfect story conceived in our heads but when it comes to putting it down on paper, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read a lot of books in 2020…probably in order to distract myself from everything that was going on in 2020. But I know one thing–I could have [...]
by Elizabeth Spann Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m a very type-A person, but I feel very fortunate not to be a perfectionist. However…I’m married to a perfectionist. And both of my kids are perfectionists. Every [...]
by Elizabeth Spann Craig, @elizabethscraig I think writers have a lot of understandable angst when it comes to responding to readers. We care a lot about what they have to say and we [...]
by Rhiannon Gelston I consider myself a rather creative person. Not just in what I do, but in how I view things. My mom is extremely creative and I do think that it [...]
by Kristina Adams , @writingcookbook Self-awareness helps us to recognise our positives and negatives without being harsh or judgmental. We know things are what they are, and we know that if we dislike [...]
by Elizabeth Spann Craig, @elizabethscraig 2020 was a difficult year for all of us. I wrapped up my own difficult year with my father’s death last month. I immediately stopped everything else I [...]
by H.R. D’Costa, @scribesworld This story begins with last Christmas. That’s when I got hooked on Hallmark Christmas movies (and movies in that vein). Now, if these movies aren’t your cup of tea, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It’s been a weird summer, hasn’t it? I’ve managed to keep my head down and bulldoze my way through my usual writing goals, even upping my word count [...]
by Mike Martin, @mike54martin It has been a long year for many people. A very difficult one, too. If you have gotten sick, I hope you recover soon. If any of your family [...]
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