Productive Procrastination: 7 Creative Activities to Distract Yourself from Writing
Procrastination can be a writer's worst enemy. But here, Jenna Blum rethinks her approach to self-distraction and shares seven creative ways writers can productively procrastinate.
Train Your Brain: 6 Steps for Overcoming Writer’s Block Through Meditation
Meditation can be a healthy and productive method for overcoming writer's block. Here, Dr. Julie Rosenberg walks you through the steps for meditating your way through that creative slump.
Great Expectations: How Re-Evaluating Your Writing Goals Can Help You Achieve Success
Here, William Kenower relates the story of a unique writer who began her journey with no expectations. The experience demonstrated how rethinking your writing goals and asking yourself what you really want to write can help you achieve success and happiness.
What You Don’t Know Can’t Hurt You: Finding Direction & Motivation in Your Writing
When you focus on a direction in your writing, motivation will follow. William Kenower discusses his tricks for writing fearlessly and boldly.
There I Am: Is Your Need for External Validation Holding Back Your Imagination?
It can be impossible to write and worry about what other people will think of your work. Here, William Kenower offers thoughts on overcoming the need to focus on those external opinions.
Video: The Idea that Inspired The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Today is the anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday in 1892. Watch this video to learn what inspired the creation of his iconic novel The Hobbit.
6 Fiction Writing Exercises to Try When You’re Traveling
Stuck in an airport? Bored on a plane? Uninspired by the surroundings on a long car ride? Sounds like a great time to work on some writing exercises.
6 Tips for Getting Rid of Writer’s Block
3. Participate in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). On November 1, participants work towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 on November 30. It allows you to focus on word count and the completion of a novel, even if the writing is (at first) complete crap on the...
Conquer Your Writing Fears
Today’s guest post is from Jordan Rosenfeld, author of A Writer’s Guide to Persistence. You hear the word perfectionist bandied about a lot, but what does it mean? Are you a perfectionist if you only show your best work? Are you a perfectionist if you hone and refine and polish your...
Take Action: How I Overcame Writer’s Block
BY RENÉE THOMPSON Ray Bradbury once said if you’re a writer and you’re blocked, well, you’ve picked the wrong subject then, haven’t you? At least he had a subject. For me, writer’s block was never so much about stalling in the midst of writing a story as the lack of a...