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by Matt Frick I didn’t write ONE sentence of my current book project this week. Not a single word. But man did I make some progress! I told y’all how I like to outline the entire story in multiple levels of detail before I really get to writing a manuscript [Planning: The Importance of Outlining (for […]

via Start from the Middle: How One Single Idea Just Changed Everything — A Writer’s Path

by Jean M. Cogdell Where would you be as a writer without your computer? Just think about it for a minute. We have come to rely on little electronic robots in every stage of our lives from the grocery store to the gas pumps. So of course, we come to rely on technology […]

via Do You Think Technology is Good for Writers? — A Writer’s Path

by Sarah Pesce I don’t know about you, but if given two months to write something, whether it’s 2 pages or 20 pages, I wouldn’t be starting immediately. Nope, you’d find me procrastinating on the writing up until the last day or two, then scrambling to get it done. After a bit of […]

via This is a Writer’s Worst Enemy — A Writer’s Path

by Lauren Sapala When writers first start out writing they tend to concentrate on all the wrong things. The big question always seems to be: Do I have talent? This is followed closely by: How do I get an agent? When I was a new writer I also agonized quite a bit over […]

via Real Writers Persist. Always. — A Writer’s Path

by Ryan Lanz For some, writer’s block is a very real and forbidding thing. I personally know authors who treat this as a superstition that no amount of garlic and rabbit feet will save them from. There are countless blog posts on how to beat writer’s block–and yes, we’ll go over that too–although […]

via How to Defeat Your Writer’s Block — A Writer’s Path

by Meg Dowell Writing a lot and writing well at the same time? It’s not easy, but it’s possible. I know of writers and overall content creators who publish a new piece of content every day — and their work is usually good. But not always great. I also know of creators who […]

via How to Balance Quality with Quantity to Write More, Better — A Writer’s Path

by Allison Maruska A subgroup of writers (myself included) proclaim they are pantsers, meaning they write by the seat of their pants with little planning beforehand. But even pantsters have to do some planning. In fact, it would be more accurate to call ourselves plantsers. Planning is taking an initial idea and developing […]

via Where Writers Get Stuck: Planning — A Writer’s Path

by Ryan Lanz For some writers, editing strikes fear into their hearts. Okay, perhaps not fear, but some discomfort. At least a stomach ache, right? Before you reach for the antacids, let’s discuss the different methods of editing and introduce some ways that might make it less intimidating.

via What’s Missing From Your Self-Editing — A Writer’s Path

by Meg Dowell Sometimes, writing less leads to deeper, more creative thinking. Have you ever wondered how some writers manage to write thousands of words every day — while you can barely squeeze out 500 words after an hour of trying (and failing) to focus? How do so many successful writers publish so […]

via 13 Habits of Ridiculously Prolific Writers — A Writer’s Path

by Andrea Lundgren I was thinking about this the other day while on hold. I was waiting for a break in the music that signaled that someone was going to rescue me from the unending monotony, so when the music would change from stringed instruments music to a pause, I’d get excited…only to […]

via What Good Music Can Teach Us About Writing — A Writer’s Path