I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what type of training is necessary to succeed as a writer and in life. And I now clearly see that writers need three specific types of training to achieve successful authorship or develop a writing career: Author, Authorpreneur, and High Performance. Let me explain. If you want to succeed as an author,…
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If you are looking for new story ideas or need to get unstuck, don’t just tough it out. Instead, try some unique creativity hacks that require you to focus on what you see rather than on what you write. Today, professional writer Deb Hemley (@dhemley) offers three ways to call up images and memories that will spark ideas for your…
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Every day I struggle to spend less time on two activities: handling email and social media. Why? My productivity plumments when I let myself get sucked into spending loads of time on these two tasks. I bet you understand. In fact, I hear more client complaints about the need for and time spent on email and social media than anything…
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I have often written and spoken about the need for nonfiction writers and authors to brand themselves and look at their careers from a business perspective. These ideas are often met with resistance. That is why I’m thrilled to offer an excerpt from Jane Friedman’s (@JaneFriedman) new book, The Business of Being a Writer, in which she stresses the need…
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Do you have a hard time completing your nonfiction writing projects? You do more research, revise, and go back to writing…again. You can’t seem to stop writing. Your malady is not uncommon amongst writers. In this guest post, book editor C.K. Bush (@theladyck) offers four reasons why you struggle to stop writing—and explains how and why you must finish and…
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