Here’s today’s Thursday guest blogger, Mageela Troche telling us how to overcome fear in writing… There is much to a writer’s life. Writing, revising, submitting, publishing, social media, publicity and us writers have to do it all over again. One part of a writer’s life that can pull you into a deep hole has nothing…
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Wednesday Writing Prompts-Two Sides to Every Story
This week’s prompts is based on the saying that there are always two sides to every story. (This is also a great Point of View exercise too). Your story features two characters and each have their own take on what happened. How do the two stories differ…or are the same in certain spots of…
Some Writing Resources and Opportunities
It seems like a lifetime ago now that I had one of my stories published in an anthology published by Bridge House Publishing. The owner, Gill James, still sends newsletters to us, and the other week, I thought, Gill would be the perfect person to interview for TWL as she has so many writing resources and opportunities for…
Monday Motivation-Writing is Courageous
It was a rainy Saturday, I was stuck inside thinking about watching a movie as I sketched . Something else caught my eye on Netflix. It was a motivational talk given by Brene Brown called The Call to Courage. I’m sorry to say I’d never heard of her before even though she’s a bestselling author….
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Where Is Every Body?
There’s one good thing about working for yourself and that’s you can switch chores when you need to. Rain is forecast tomorrow so I took two hours off work this afternoon to go pull weeds from the garden beds. How come those things bloom faster than flowers? Something I learned when I decided to freelance was if…
Writing and the Five Senses
Say hello to guest blogger, Julie Lence who shows us the importance of making the most of the five senses… See. Smell. Hear. Taste. Touch. We all know the five senses, experience them in our everyday lives. But do you have them layered throughout your story? If so, do you have too many? Not enough? And…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Who Wears These Shoes?
Your two characters are wearing the same shoes. Were they supposed to? Is it part of a team outfit? Or did they not plan on wearing the same shoes to the event and it starts a conversation…maybe even an argument? Perhaps these two characters know one another, maybe they don’t. There’s lots you can…
Don’t Tell Me, Show Me
Don’t tell me the moon is shining. Show me the glint of light on broken glass. Anton Chekhov It’s a rookie mistake. I’ve made it…sometimes, I still fall back into bad habits. Many of my students do it. Sadly, I’m seeing more published books riddled with this writing sin. The above quote sums it up perfectly. Writers should never…
Monday Motivation-It’s Really Your Choice
This quote says it all. You can simply give up or just go for it. Guess which one I highly recommend? This week let’s go reach out for our dreams….
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Revisiting Characters
Get outside while you can has become my new slogan. One day sunny and warm, the next three, chilly and overcast/rainy. I think spring’s forgotten to visit this year. At least it makes you think about making the most of every day! With the great outdoors not calling my name, I got lots of work…