How Breaking (Temporarily) From the Writing Life Helped My Writing
The Struggle to Return is Real: The 6 steps I am taking to return to the writing life This article is for those writers who struggle, right now, to get any words on the page, for those writers who find the…
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…
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…
As a Writer, Do You View Yourself as a Success or a Failure? It’s important.
Dear Writer, This morning I want to talk about success and failure. As a writer, how you view success and failure is as important as everything else in the world of writing. Do you stall in your writing because you…
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…
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