171. Writers Block Strategy Get Out, Get Out, Wherever You Are!
November 26, 2012
You've been keeping your fingers to the grindstone and turning out reams of deathless prose when suddenly your mind goes blank or your ideas suddenly seem boring, run of the mill dreck or you suddenly can't figure out why on earth you sent Ashley into the haunted house in the middle of the night wit...
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172. He Said, She Said, Who Said
November 22, 2012
Using dialogue in stories (in fact in any writing) creates realism and involves readers, allowing them to see and feel what is happening. However, writing believable, realistic dialogue takes care, not only in creating the dialogue itself, but also in knowing how to allow the readers to know who sai...
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173. 7 Ways To Find Inspiration When The Muse Disappears
November 21, 2012
It happens to us all. The dreaded block turns up and try as we might, words just won't flow. Everything we write sounds like fudge and more often than not we end up thinking we're never going to write another word again. As much as you may believe you're the only one out there suffering in this way...
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174. To Write Is To Be
November 20, 2012
While always having had in the back of my mind a desire to write, and having had a certain affinity for it in that I am able to clearly express the point I am trying to make, which is a good start if you wish to write well, it has only been recently that I have taken up the pen. Now, that is a bit ...
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175. Who's Tense Oh, Verb Tense
November 18, 2012
The man walks to the house. The dog beside him trotted, its tongue hanging out. The house stood silently as it had for over a hundred years. The dog runs to the front door, his tail a fan in the hot air. The preceding paragraph makes me tense because of the switching of verb tense from present to p...
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176. A Start-up Magazine Nightmare
November 17, 2012
A few more sprints and I'm there. The magazine is almost finished but I can't breathe freely until it is in front of me. Call me an over-reacting prick, but really, these past few days, that magazine has been haunting me even in my sleep. Tsk... talk about paranoia. I think I'm being paranoid that w...
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177. 10 Top Tips For Getting Started On Your Novel
November 16, 2012
1. Set aside regular time each week for your writing and make it sacred. For example, make Sunday evenings your writing time and put it in the diary. Tell everybody you know that you're busy and honour this time. It may seem a small step, but it's a way to signal to yourself and others that you are ...
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178. What's So INK-Credible About Inkwells!
November 14, 2012
Imagine a writer sitting at his desk by candlelight or lantern during the early 1800's, using a quill pen and occasionally dipping it in ink. With the creation of writing fluids came the question of what to house it in. The origins of inkwells date back to cave dwellers, the early Egyptians and anci...
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179. The Writing Life Tips For Dealing With Procrastination
November 14, 2012
I know something's up when I'd rather do laundry than write. Another more subtle sign of procrastination is when I conduct endless research, but never write a rough draft. I'm in trouble when I'm hunting in the refrigerator after every sentence. But what can I do about it? Here are a few ideas tha...
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180. Learn To Write A Book
November 13, 2012
Let's talk about your book. Do you have an idea about what you want to write? Begin by searching the market to see what else is already out there on the subject. If you find that the market is flooded with books in that genre and yours will be another needled in the proverbial haystack, you may want...
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Author: Christopher Simmons
