It is very easy to give up on writing when you have enough rejections to wallpaper a room. After all, why should we waste effort for something that may never be published? Why should we continue to write year after year as the rejections continue to pile up. But that is not the crux of…
Writers, both novice and professional, are often plagued with doubts about their writings. We want to know if what we have written is any good. We want to know if our story makes sense. We want to know if our characters are well rounded. However, there is one lingering question that we are often too…
Your fingers fly over the keyboard as you start to type the last paragraph of your story. Someone calls your name but you can barely hear over the clacking of the keys and the beating of your heart. You wipe away the sweat dripping from your chin. You type the last word of the last…
Long gone are the days when the only thing writers had to do was write. With the advent of the eReader and the explosion in self-publishing, writers are expected to market their book and themselves — self-promotion baby. Social medias like Facebook and Twitter have proven to be a writer’s best friend when it comes…
“Good artists copy, great artists steal.” ~ Pablo Picasso A woman writes in a secluded room all day and submits her story to workshop the following day. The next week she is blasted for the unoriginality of her work. She ponders on how her work could have been unoriginal when it originated from her isolated…
Finding the perfect writers’ group for yourself is like finding a pair of really good, comfortable shoes. You have to try a few pairs on before you find the perfect fit. You need to be discerning as not all writers’ groups are the same and they do not necessarily do what they say on the…
Have you ever been itching to read something but you do not know exactly what it is that you want to read? It is one of those things that you will know when you see it. You walk into a bookstore or a library, spend a few hours browsing (ah heaven) but nothing you pick…
In the beginning, the most difficult thing about writing can be what to write. Most writers tend to write what they love to read and reading exclusively in a certain genre makes them well-versed in that genre. Professional writers are usually more marketable if they stick to writing one genre, because when you are published…