10 Positive Mantras for Your Writing
Some days are just harder to write than others. Some days you’d rather be lazy and some days you’d rather sulk. Is that what a successful writer does? Even after five years of blogging, I’ve…
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3 Ways to Use Ellipses . . . Correctly
If punctuation had personality, the period would be the logical one, the comma calculated, the semi-colon the rambler and the colon attention-grabbing. And the ellipsis? That’s our mysterious one. What is the ellipsis holding back?…
7 Ways to Stay Positive While You Write
The beauty of writing is that a story can explore a rainbow of emotions, from fear and contempt to grief and rage. However, the emotions we conjure up in our writing have a way of…
When Do You Capitalize After a Colon?
If you ask two writers this question, you probably wouldn’t receive the same response. There isn’t a straightforward answer when it comes to figuring out when to capitalize after a colon. While often used like…
7 Ways to Keep Writing Over the Holidays
They say that it’s the most wonderful time of the year…but is it? Sure, everything’s lit up for the season with holiday lights. And, of course, there’s holiday shopping and holiday parties and holiday meals…
5 Ways to Write More This Winter
Don’t let the winter chill cool off your writing. Between the holidays and dark days, winter makes it harder for us to stay focused on our writing. So I’ve devised a writing strategy fitting for…
My NaNoWriMo: Round 5, Week 5
We did it! We all survived National Novel Writing Month: 2017 Edition! Whether or not we reached (or surpassed) 50K words for our novel, the most important thing that came out of this month is…
Life After NaNoWriMo: What You Can Do Next
You won National Novel Writing Month! Now what? Life after NaNoWriMo can be confusing and anticlimactic—but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s what you can do over the next six months to keep your novel-in-progress…
My NaNoWriMo: Round 5, Week 4
We’re down to the final seven days of the NaNoWriMo writing challenge! The second half for me is always the hardest because the story becomes more intense and awkward at the same time. Oh, and…
NaNoWriMo Tip: 7 Ways to Keep Writing During Thanksgiving
You meant to cushion your NaNoWriMo word count before Thanksgiving—but clearly that didn’t happen. If you need to crank out some words for National Novel Writing Month, I have a game plan that lets you…