You Don’t Need Money for a DIY Writing Diploma
We can't all afford to attend the best schools for creative writing or screenwriting, and if we can, a lot of us late bloomers...
Reinforce Theme with Setting
Regardless of where you set your story, your writer's view of place should be informed by your theme goals and your character's point of...
Improve Productivity by Adapting Time to Your Needs
Writers never seem to have enough time. When we sit down to write, our distractions pile on, our minds wander. And when we're productive,...
Louise Erdrich: “You Can’t Give Yourself an Out”
In an interview with Lit Hub's Otherppl podcast, Louise Erdrich says that she doesn't have a strict work habit but merely loves to write....
To Write Like Agatha Christie, Work Like Agatha Christie
The type of novel Agatha Christie wrote - classic whodunnits with genteel detectives, multiple killings but little on-screen violence, and a denouement that sets...
Pain Means It’s Time to Go Deeper
In a new "Writing Wednesdays" post, Steven Pressfield shares an inspirational quote from Olympic gold medalist swimmer John Naber. When asked the difference between...
Not Hitting Your KPIs? Schedule a Staff Meeting With Yourself
With 2 months left in the year, it's a good time to check in on your writing goals. If you didn't quite make the...
Pants or No Pants, Your Butt Needs To Be in the...
There's only one unalterable rule of writing: eventually, you have to write. Not think about, talk about, take a class about it, but actually...
Get SMART With Your Writing Goals
For many of us, creative writing is an escape from the drudgery of the corporate world. We bask in whatever time we can spend...
Truman Capote: Voice is a Process of Self-Discovery
Truman Capote embodied the concept of "extra" before it was a thing. While we might have found his company a bit much, there's no...
