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How to Stay Focused on Your Writing Goals
As a writer, your writing is your life. You live, eat, and breathe your writing, your characters, and their journey. You would think nothing could separate you from your work once started and the words just flow from brain to fingers. Yet that is just not true. There are many aspects to the writing life that can cause your focus to wane from your path.
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How to Efficiently Organize your Bullet Journal Materials
If you are anything like me, you have bullet journal materials everywhere. Journal, pens, markers, washi tape, sticker and so much more scattered everywhere. Bins and buckets shoved with materials. Boxes full of supplies slewed over your desk, shelves, and the floor. This was me when I first started. Let me help you organize your bullet journal materials.
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How to Organize Your Writing for Ease and Clarity
Organizing anything can be a bit daunting, whether it's your house, your computer, or your life. But what about your writing? How do you organize all of your writing tidbits and keep things so they are efficient and easy to find? Well, it may not seem easy at first, but with a little effort and a plan you can achieve an organized writing life.
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How to Edit for Clarity and Peace of Mind
Once your revising is complete, you can now edit and get into the little details of that process. Another daunting task, but again if you take your time and work through it one at a time, you'll get through it with little frustration.
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Revising a Great Story Takes Effort and Patience
Your draft is complete and now you are onto the next step...revising! This can sometimes seem like a very daunting task, but if you take is slow, you can make it through without too much stress and heartbreak.
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4 Steps to Create Your Unique Writing Routine
You already have routines in your life that you do throughout the day subconsciously. Getting up in the morning, you may have a routine to make coffee, eat breakfast, shower, then get ready for work. Even your children have routines for the things they do, but what about a writing routine.
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8 Ways to Improve Your Writing Skills
There is so much writing advice out there on the internet and learning to improve your writing skills can seem like a daunting task. But like anything else you try to do, if done in steps it goes a lot easier. Writing is a practiced skill. You may have talent, but learning more never hurts and is always a benefit to your skills.
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7 Outdoor Writing Activities Kids Will Love
Going outdoors can encourage a child's creativity with exploration and discovery. When my kids were younger, I would take my work outside to let them play, but as most children do, they wanted to know everything mom was doing. When I said I was writing stories, they wanted to do the same. So, I would stop and write a short story of their creation for them. Now they are old enough to write their own stories.
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8 Popular Books on Writing
Nearly everyone has tried to write something whether it's poetry, a novel, freelance work or some other form of writing. Those that wish to continue their writing career whether for a hobby or professional, here are some great books that will help you along the way.
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Travel Essentials for Creatives – Basics and More
Every traveler need the basics for their trip, but for creatives; there are specific things they need or want to take with them. Each creative has their own specifics they want when they travel, but there are some things that all creatives can use.