Sitemap - 2014 - Your Weekly Writing Exercise

Imagining Your Finished Book--A Three-Part (and Very Encouraging!) Brainstorming Exercise

Take a Break from Words: How Image Boards Help Your Writing

Unexpected Therapy: Need to Get Over It? Write about It!

A Letter to Your Inner Critic: How to Stop the Invisible Sabotage to Your Creativity

Reflecting Surfaces: Using the “Landscape” to Make Character Come Alive

Character Cards--A Cool Way to Enhance Your Storyboard (and Story!)

Structure Advice for Wordsmiths: Why Good Writing Comes After Good Structure When Developing Your Book

Self-Promotion versus Creating Community--Where Is the Line for You?

Self-Publishing: No Longer Just the "Vanity" Option for Today's First-Time Authors

Learning versus Performing Mode: How Each Influences Your Writing Right Now

Getting Started Again: Writers' Tips for When You Get Stuck

Getting Time in Your Every Day for Eminent Creativity: How It's Different from Everyday Creativity (and Understanding the Demands of Each)

When You're Making Radical Manuscript Changes: A Helpful Technique for Writers

Placing Backstory: When It Helps and When It Hinders

Teaching Yourself to Write Better Dialogue: Three Steps That Will Make All the Difference

Importance of Action: Do You Have Enough Happening?

How Chapters Are Built--What to Include, What to Skip, and How to Know If You Actually Have One

Taking Back Control of What We Write--and Read: Moving Past Our Training and Culture

Crafting Pathways in Your Book: Internal Conflict, External Conflict, and How They Form a Story

Overwriting, Purple Prose, Sentence Fragments, and Other Things You May Not Know You're Doing--Until Your Writing Gets Rejected

When Is It Time to Send Out Your Manuscript? How to Be Smart about Next Steps

Working with Unexpected Character Questions: Finding Your Character's (or Narrator's) Inner Story

Writing Strong Transitions: Scene to Scene, Chapter to Chapter, How to Keep Your Reader Turning the Page

Pros and Cons of Feedback on Your Writing: Finding Out What You REALLY Need (and Getting It)

Raise the Emotional Stakes: Strengthening Alchemy between Setting, Character, and Conflict

Emotional Gateways--How They Help You Write and Revise Your Book

Cheryl Strayed on Jealousy, How to Keep Writing, Getting Famous, and Other Great Stuff--Interviewed by Elissa Bassist

Resources for Writing a Potent "Inner Story" in Your Book

How to Keep Your Writing in Your Over-the-Top Busy Life: Helpful Techniques from the Experts

Wisdom from Janet Burroway, Author of Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft

Finding the Edges: The Art of Theme and Voice in Fiction and Memoir

Organizing Your Book: Great Tips on What to Save, How to File It to Find It, and More!

Writing about Tough Topics: When It Gets Personal in Your Story, How Do You Keep Going?

How a Food Journalist Becomes a Book Writer: The Award-Winning Journey of Steve Hoffman

When Your Book Changes Direction--Why Juliann Rich's new book, Caught in the Crossfire, Took Dedication, Hard Work, and Learning New Writing Skills

What's Keeping You Accountable to Your Writing?

"Did I Write That?!" What Happens to Your Writing as You Grow in Skill

Personal History: Where We Come From and How It Informs Our Writing

Winter Doldrums? Ten Fun Exercises to Get Going on Your Writing Again!

What Do You Love about Your Book? A Simple Writing Exercise to Fall in Love with Your Creativity Again

Writing a Premise Statement for Your Book: Inner and Outer Story Synopsis and Why It Helps Get You Published

Carrie and Alton Barron on "The Creativity Cure"--An Interview with Two Clinicians about Their New Book

Check Out The Write Life's List of 100 Best Websites for Writers--We're Included!

How Writers Reveal a Character through "Container"--The Environment of a Story

Patterns of Change--How Do You Create Strong Conflict in Your Fiction or Memoir?

Making Your Own Book Trailer--Guest Blog by Authors Juliann Rich and Aren Sabers