There’s No Shame in Your Game
In another in the Writer's Digest series on Mistakes Writers Make, editor-in-chief Amy Jones discusses something we didn't know was a thing: Writers shaming...
Strength Training for Your Imagination
In a post on the BookBaby blog, Lee Purcell says writers can beef up their imaginative powers with a few simple actions. "Creative play and...
Some Days, You Don’t Need a Goal
Word counts, daily hours, publication, awards. Writers fret about a lot of things, most of them out of our control, many of which rob...
How Do You Go From Spark to Finished Project?
In this week's episode, the Writing Excuses podcast hosts address the challenge of turning the spark of an idea into a finished creative project....
You Only Live Once: Write What You Want
This editor likes writing in a variety of genres and forms - short stories, novels, poetry, plays, comic scripts, etc. - and we encourage...
Take a Break From Writing to Get Back in Touch
The modern writing community - mostly online - uses word count and pages written as the all but exclusive measure of productivity. But there's...
Boost Your Writing Confidence with Small Goals
We love those little moments when we realize we've mastered an element of writing. Maybe we stumble on a reliable method for strengthening our...
How to be Great and Imperfect
Perfectionism is a pernicious evil. We've shared other articles discussing how perfectionism hurts your productivity and your ability to call any project complete, leaving...
Time to Give Yourself – and Your Writing – a Break
We've spoken before about the modern nonsense of constant productivity, word sprints, weekend novels, and the like. Finish a manuscript on Saturday, publish on...
How to Love Your Writing
This editor admits he is greatly confused by writers who hate writing. Dorothy Parker famously said, "I hate writing but I love having written."...
