Time management is a skill often overlooked by writers, and oddly, many writers I’ve worked with not only lack time management skills, but take pride in their lack of time management skills. It seems to be a badge of honor among writers to be able to produce a good piece of writing at the lastContinue reading “Time Management for Writers”
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Read to Improve Your Writing
The most important piece of advice I offer aspiring writers is to read widely in the genre in which you want to write. If you want to write novels, read novels. If you want to write poems, read poems. If you want to write travelogues, read travelogues. Read them as an apprentice, an idea JackContinue reading “Read to Improve Your Writing”
Do you have trouble getting started? Overcoming Writer’s Block.
Beginning a piece of writing can cause so much anxiety that we freeze up and feel we have nothing to say. If you have trouble getting started, try these tricks: Lower your standards. I know it seems strange for a writing teacher to tell you to lower your standards, but the beginning of your writingContinue reading “Do you have trouble getting started? Overcoming Writer’s Block.”
