Productivity and time management for writers
It’s easy for a writer to be intimidated by the blank page. If you followed my previous advice, you know what you need to concentrate on, and you have a project and a strategic goal. But you might be finding that even if you have a goal in mind, getting the words down on the …
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This week’s interview is with Todd Morr, another Farenhieght Press author. I’d like to thank Todd for his honest answers to my questions and encourage you all to check out his author page on Amazon here. If you’d like to be featured in my author interviews, send me a message using the contact form here. …
Todd Morr: Writing is much easier on the marriage than playing in a rock bandRead More »
Strategic thinking is a skill that writers really need to develop. Without it, it’s really easy to get distracted when you are writing. I’m a big believer that writers should concentrate on one or two things at a time to maximize their productivity. I’ve also mentioned before how easy it is to get distracted by …
This week I’m going to talk about one of the most damaging things for writer’s confidence. It can stop you writing in a second, and make you feel absolutely rotten about anything you have already created. The expectations of other, non-writer friends can be sky high, and are usually unrealistic. So it’s important to learn …
How to manage the expectations of a non-writer (or, why aren’t you a writer yet?)Read More »
In an ongoing series of author interviews (check out the others here) I’ve invited Jo Perry to answer my usual questions. For those of you that haven’t come across this series before, I ask the same questions to different writers to let my readers compare everyone’s habits. I’m a believer that you can never define …
Author interview with Jo Perry: When the stuff I write feels true, that’s a winRead More »
The dream is out there. It gets reinforced whenever you see people on TV and films writing stories that flow through them. They sit at a desk and laugh, love and chat with locals. This is usually overlooking a fabulous lake or mountain range or something equally inspiring. The location and the locals always seem to be the …
Knowing how to start a novel is difficult (it’s even more difficult to finish one, but that’s a different story). You have an idea, but nowhere to start. It’s easy to listen to podcasts and join Facebook groups that make the process seem easy. But there is always that blank screen that needs to be …
How to start a novel: why your big idea is stopping you writingRead More »
Today is the second of my interviews with Fahrenheit Press authors today. Duncan MacMaster steps up and answers my standard questions on productivity, routine and writing. As ever, if you’d like to be featured on the blog, send me an email or contact me here. What’s your track record – what have you written? I’ve …
Duncan MacMaster: Writing is the most satisfying thing I’ve ever doneRead More »
This post was originally posted on Medium by the Writing Co-operative. Check them out here. One of the first things that I did when I started my blog was to ask some other writers for the best writing advice that they had ever received. I wanted to do some quick market research so that when I was planning …
In case you haven’t noticed, I asked Lucy Hayes who runs Bang2Write if I could write her a guest post. She kindly agreed, and you can read it using the link below. 10 Lies Writers Tell Themselves About New Projects (And How To Embrace Them) Thanks very much to Lucy for hosting my post, …