Tips and Advice About Writing and Self-Publishing
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.
I like this quote because it reminds me that lots of people say they’re going to do something toward living their dream but talking is about as far as they get. Don’t be that person. Live your dream, and as this mug says, begin…begin your story today.
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….
This quote reminds me that when something’s a struggle in your life, when you have to overcome obstacles to find your dream, it makes it feel that much sweeter. I know it’s sometimes hard to take the rejections and the no, this isn’t right for us. Looking back, if an editor would have said…
If you’re struggling to write then it could be lack of inspiration. Think about why you started writing in the first place. What is it about the written word that inspires you? This week, look around the see all the things that inspire you. Even people who inspire and motivate you to live your dreams.
Have you been only dreaming about writing or even getting started on that story that lives within your heart? Use this week to take action. Get started and get one step closer to making that dream happen.
