Tips and Advice About Writing and Self-Publishing
I love this quote and what better time to support your fellow writer than during NaNoWriMo. Join a group, be part of a team or get together with another author and use this month to cheer one another one and celebrate your successes together. Advertisements
Have you been putting off starting that book or short story? Use this week to get the first sentence or chapter written. Every story begins with that first step…
I always say you are what you think (not what others think about you). It works for writing too. Do you think you’re not as good as a bestselling author? Feel that you don’t have a chance to ever be published? Can’t handle self-publishing your own book? This week, choose to have a positive state…
You’ve heard of the saying about being your own worst enemy and I sometimes think that applies to writing. It’s all too easy to get into your own head, hear those voices of self doubt…the ones that tell you you’re not as good as bestselling author A, don’t write prose like author B, and…
I love this quote because it reminds me no matter how many times we fail at something, there’s an opportunity to try again. Only we stand in the way of doing just that. This week if a rejection comes your way or a story isn’t working out as planned, simply start over.
I always talk about goals and creating them because of your why. Why do you want to do something, not why your friends think you should or a parent did something and you need to follow in their footsteps. It has to come from your heart and not someone else’s or you’re doomed to failure…
Is writing fun for you? One way to stay motivated is to make sure you’re doing something you love. I place emphasis on the word you. Why do you write? If it’s just something that you’re doing on a whim or maybe you think it’s a way to make a quick dollar, you’re not going…
It’s easy to write and continue to write when things are going well. The character you created is behaving just how you planned. The plot is writing itself. You sold a story. The true character of a writer comes to light when things aren’t going so well. The plot is going nowhere, your character is…
Let’s use this quote by Tina Fey to remind us to learn from our writing mistakes. We all make them. Sometimes they’re pointed out by our critique partners or editors. They don’t make us any less of the wonderful writers that we are…unless of course, we don’t do something to fix them. Use mistakes…
Thinking about writing a short story, novel, maybe becoming a freelance writer? This week take that first step. As this quote by Shonda Rhimes reminds us, you can’t achieve anything unless you cross that line. What is your line going to be…feel free to share it with us all here at TWL.
