If you have writer’s block or can’t seem to get your creative juices flowing so you write easily, take an art break. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) explains how viewing artwork or photography can inspire and motivate you to write. If you’ve ever faced writer’s block, you may have tried freewriting to get yourself into the writing zone. But using written…
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How to Write a Nonfiction Book that Inspires and Motivates Change
Not all writers start out as writers. Some begin as people who want to make a difference or create change. So they decide to write for change or publish a book that inspires and motivates transformation. Maybe, like them, you are an activist who regularly works to bring about the change you want to see in the world. Maybe you’ve…
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Why Nonfiction Writers Need to Include Anecdotes in their Books
Nonfiction books provide data and facts, but that doesn’t mean they have to be dry. In fact, if all you do is stick to the facts, you may lose your readers. But a healthy smattering of anecdotes turns your nonfiction into compelling prose that connect with your readers. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) explains why you need to include anecdotes in…
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7+ Steps You Must Take to Write a Transformational Book
Are you inspired to write a transformational book—one that will help your readers create change in their lives, organizations, or the world? Awesome! The world needs more transformational authors or “Authors of Change.” In case you’re unfamiliar with the term, a “transformational book,” is any book meant to inspire change. It can fall under self-help, memoir, fiction, prescriptive nonfiction, creative…
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How Your Future Readers Help Keep Your Writing On Track
You might have heard the advice to “write for your reader.” But did you know that doing so can get you from the first to the last word of your manuscript? Indeed, it can. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) explains how a clear understanding of your future readers and awareness that they are waiting for your book is the motivation you…
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How to Cure Your Writer’s Block with Personal and Spiritual Growth
It’s a rare writer who doesn’t have strong spiritual beliefs. I don’t mean beliefs related to a specific religion but those involving the Creator—call it God, Source, the Universe, or something else—playing an essential part in their writing process. That’s why I find it so interesting that writers who complain of writer’s block don’t immediately turn to their spiritual practice…
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Follow Your Passion to Create a Writing Career that Feeds Your Soul
There’s more to becoming a freelance writer than hanging up a sign with “writer” carved into it. After all, you don’t want to take on any writing project and end up feeling just as stuck in your “job” as you did before you decided to freelance. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) shares her story about beginning on the freelance writer journey,…
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