It's true what they say: the best way to become a better writer is to write. It can be very tempting to spend all your time learning and consuming and processing rather than actually doing anything, so it's important to check in with yourself and make sure you aren't using reading books, taking ... READ the POST
The Importance of Keeping the Right People In Your Ear
In the past year, I've learned the importance of mindset. The thoughts you allow to percolate in your mind affect your perspective, and your perspective is how you experience the world. What you feed your mind shapes your reality. Staying in the right mindset on a daily basis is more challenging ... READ the POST
How to Spark Inspiration When You Aren’t Feeling It
We've all been there. You have a strong drive and desire to create something, but when you sit down to work on it, the inspiration just won't come. It's like trying to drive a car without gas. It can be a frustrating, maddening, and seemingly hopeless experience. But it's not hopeless. Far from ... READ the POST
Why You Should Embrace Your “Worst” Projects
I'm a perfectionist. While this trait gets a pretty bad rap, I think it can actually be a strong one once you learn how to make it work for you rather than against you. Once you tame it, so to speak. Perfectionism is only bad when you let it immobilize you. If you use it to strive for the best ... READ the POST
16 Quotes from Writers On First Drafts
As someone deep in the trenches of writing the first draft of a novel, I require my fair share of reminders that all the tests of willpower and sanity I'm facing are normal and, in fact, just part of the crazy sexy process. Reminders that... My "terrible" first draft isn't proof that I'm a ... READ the POST
7 Reasons Being a Writer Makes You a Badass
As writers, being hard on ourselves comes as easy to us as new ideas for stories. (In fact, they're usually a package deal.) We fall in love with our ideas, then tear ourselves apart when we fall short of the titan-sized expectations we have for them. We know our limitations intimately. Some are ... READ the POST
