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8 of the Best Books on Writing – Gift Ideas for the Writer in Your Life

The holidays are around the corner. For creative writers, that might mean stockings stuffed with gel pens and journals. (One year, my aunt gave me a set of “Writer’s Block” pencils, with pithy sayings on each pencil -pieces of advice for what to do when writer’s block hits. One of the pencil’s messages: Try vodka.) […]

5 Ways to Celebrate Small Wins During NaNoWriMo

It’s November, and for hundreds of thousands of writers worldwide, that means National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. NaNoWriMo is an exciting and enticing challenge that invites writers to put down 50,000 words in just 30 days. The ultimate goal is ambitious – participants should expect to write an average of 1,667 words per day […]

3 Types of Editing and the Differences Between Them

Write like nobody will ever read it. Edit like the whole world will quote by sharon melton lippencott with yellow paint splatter around the edges

“Editing” is a pretty all-inclusive term. Many people use it interchangeably with “proofreading,” thinking the goal is the same. You want clean written content, right? Isn’t that what matters? Well, yes. But clean content is not always the only thing that matters. Editing can be an all-encompassing process, depending on the writer’s end goal. If […]

10 Writing Prompts to Recharge Your Creativity

We are well into the second quarter of the year. How have your 2024 writing goals for 2024 been going? You don’t have to answer. But if you’re feeling convicted by that question – or you’re just ready to step up your writing game a notch, then keep reading. Writing is a discipline. But it […]

On a scale of 1-10, where is your creative energy?

I always find a new year to be a time of tremendous excitement and motivation when it comes to my writing goals and creative projects. But I know not everyone feels that way, and outside circumstances often have a tremendous bearing on the trajectory of our creative lives. That’s why I recently posed this question […]