Tag: writing tips
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Autumnal Equinox Writing Tips and Rituals
The Fall Equinox is an incredible time for intuitives and creatives to find balance as we begin our slow descent towards those cozy winter months. If you’d like to harness these unique energies, this year the equinox occurs on Thursday, September 22nd. The word equinox comes from the Latin words aequus (equal) and nox (night). […]
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How to Commit to a Healthy Relationship with Your Writing
I am in a committed, long-term relationship with my writing. There, I said it. I am deeply in love with and securely attached to my writing, and while it’s a different kind of love and attachment than what I experience with my children and my significant other, it’s as real. And it’s as important. For […]
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Writing Challenges All Writers Face (and How to Overcome Them)
Being a writer in our day and age may seem pointless at first. After all, doesn’t everyone spend their time watching Netflix and scrolling through social media? Luckily, there are still many people who read either online publications or actual books. And as long as there are readers, there will be writers. However, even if […]
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Careful Critique: Tips for Editing Your Own Work (and Others’)
For anyone who’s had the pleasure of partaking in a workshop, you’ll understand the dread surrounding single-word questions. For those who haven’t, let me paint a picture. Prepare to cringe. You arrive at workshop, where your piece is being critiqued. You receive your edits and letters back to find how? why? and what? drizzled down […]
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5 Tips for Writing a Romance Novel
There are many guides, tips and tricks out there telling us how to write a romance novel, but one thing to always keep in mind: there isn’t just one right way to write romance. Romance has many subgenres, as fantasy has, horror, and all the other genres. Let’s take a look at some of the […]
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What is New Journalism? Exploring Fiction and Immersion In Feature Stories
Image source from Pinterest Before I started writing non-fiction, I was obsessed with journalism. Though I remembered many years as an avid reader of novels, I found myself during adolescence and early adulthood reaching for magazines or tuning into 60 Minutes. Journalism, specifically longform, created a space where questions and truths within real stories could […]
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Malleable Memoirs: Ways to Experiment with This Personal Genre
Image source Sometimes an experience resonates so much that it begs to be shared with the world. Memoir is one beautiful genre vehicle which enables writers to do just that. Memoir deals with real life happenings, ones that the writer has experienced first-hand. It is a magical moment when the author also gets to become […]
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How to Create Writing Habits That Will Stick
It is hard enough to be a creative writer. Maybe you haven’t kept a journal in months. Or perhaps you’ve stopped at the third chapter of your book and are discouraged because you can’t finish the story. Is it right to write when you have inspiration? Not unless you want to remain an amateur. Otherwise, […]
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Ruthless Revision: Cutthroat Cutting and Pasting Elsewhere
As a reader, I shy away from the long form. Any book with a spine wider than my thumb sends me into low-key panic. Since I have the honor of reading them in their original language, my first, I feel compelled to know and channel famed works of Russian literature on command. Yet much to […]
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Resources to Help on Your Novel-Writing Journey
So you’ve started a new novel. Congratulations! Your journey has begun. It seems straightforward enough: you sit down in front of your laptop or some pen and paper, perhaps you begin with chapter one…and then what? Even if we novelists have the story planned to the final period in our heads, the novel-writing journey, from […]