The Writer's Life
Take Chances With Your Writing and You Can Expand Your Talents
The first year I taught high school creative writing, I experimented with daily prompts. Why? My required English/language arts students always seemed to have difficulty deciding what to use as a topic for any given essay. They would waste so…
If You’re a Writer, WRITE!
In teaching high school English/language arts courses, I assigned and graded a library of research papers. Invariably, at least one student in the class would turn in a great outline for a great idea. They took massive notes in the…
And One — And Two — And Exercise that Creative Muscle!
The following article was first published in Ink and Keyboard on Medium on Monday, March 1, 2021. Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry.…
The Importance of a Writer’s Notebook and What You Should Be Writing In It
I’ve been keeping notebooks for years. In addition, I write bits and pieces into my Google Drive and Evernote. I dictate ideas onto a digital recorder as I drive. I’ve been known to write on napkins, paper placemats, receipts, and…
Have You Tried Writing a Contract for Yourself as a Writer?
Last week I got angry with myself as a writer. I had just finished the book Five Pages a Day by Peg Kehret and realized that I wasn’t taking myself seriously as a writer. If I can’t take myself seriously…
Don’t Let “Writer’s Block” Stand in the Way of Your Progress.
Here’s How to Move Forward. Dear Writer, Have you found yourself struggling to find ideas or progress on any one of the number of writing projects you have on your desk? I know I have. I have found myself looking…
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