Image credit: Pixabay While you sit in your favourite spot and let your imagination transport through words onto paper, you’re doing what you love. As a writer, your work is your writing. You’re in a fortunate place - being in a profession where you enjoy what you're doing. However, it is still work and is only one facet of life. If you don’t take care of your health … [Read more...] about 60 Top Self-Help Articles Writers Should Read
Writing & Editing
5 Tips to Stop Procrastination and Actually Finish Your Book
Like everyone else, authors too are prone to procrastination. The reason this is so widespread among authors is due to the fact that writing is not a nine to five job. And sometimes, there are genuine problems like writer’s block or the fact that you have to spend time on things like marketing. But if you want to finish your book, you will have to deal with the procrastination … [Read more...] about 5 Tips to Stop Procrastination and Actually Finish Your Book
5 Tips for Writing Captivating Sentences in Your Stories
Your story depends on the narrative, the plot and good characterization. However, writing that story in a captivating way will enchant your readers. Writing sentences that seem magically constructed will complete your story, and will make the readers sigh in pleasure when they read it. It will also ensure that your readers will read your next story, simply to enjoy more of your … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Writing Captivating Sentences in Your Stories
5 Male Character Stereotypes to Avoid In Your Stories Like The Plague
Creating characters for your stories is much more difficult than it seems. Of course, the protagonist will be the character that is fleshed out the most, but often, we create the secondary characters using stereotypes without realizing. This happens because we absorb the way characters are created in movies, other books, and stories. Then, when you create stereotypical … [Read more...] about 5 Male Character Stereotypes to Avoid In Your Stories Like The Plague
How to Write Mesmerizing Setting Descriptions
Describing the setting comes easy to some writers, while others struggle with it. Writing a good description of a place is in no way an easy task. You have to be able to transport the readers into the place that your characters occupy, and make the readers see through the eyes of your characters. However, your task doesn’t end there. In order to write descriptions that will … [Read more...] about How to Write Mesmerizing Setting Descriptions