Advice for Blocking Distractions and Getting Focused
The New Year is a good time to think about your writing habits and make adjustments that can help you reach your goals. In...
Joanne Harris: How Teaching Shaped Her Writing
In an article for CrimeReads, Joanne Harris (Chocolat) says that her career as a teacher shaped her writing.
Early in her teaching career, Harris taught...
Build Your Own Literary Canon
In a recent post, Moriah Richard continues Writer's Digest's series of articles on what not to do. This time, they recommend that beginning writers...
Writing Requires Learning, Practice, and Repetition.
In a post for Lit Hub, Jessie Greengrass (The High House) says what many writers refuse to acknowledge and others constantly whine about: writing...
Is This the Year You Get Around to Beating Procrastination?
Procrastination has censored more novels than any government. In a post on DIY MFA, Disha Walia offers six tips to beating this habit.
"If you...
Whatever You Choose, You Can Do It in 2022
In a New Year's post, some of the bloggers on Writers in the Storm choose their word for 2022. Their choices include:
Patience. Patience...
4 Steps to Reclaiming Your Writing Mojo
The last few years have been tough. Many of us have faced health or financial setbacks and all our lives have been disrupted. We've...
Make Joy Your New Year’s Resolution
We would all appreciate it if 2022 turned out to be a bit less challenging than the last two years. We're not holding our...
Is 2020 Your Year for Unlearning?
Sometimes in our writing journey, we need to take a step back and reflect on what we've learned. A lot of our lessons are...
Do You Plot or Pants Your Writing Goals?
It's the time of year for plans and goals and trying new things. It's also a good time to shake up your goal setting...
