How to Start Being a Writer by Becoming a Better CommunicatorA ritual of communication is more important for getting into the headspace of writing than it is to actually put words on the pagePhoto by Christin Hume on Unsplash Coming into your own as a writer is a long drawn-out process, mostly because it takes time to […]
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📝 This Week’s Goal: Cut out distractions and develop a writing streak. It’s no mistaking my love of Jerry Seinfeld. One of the first stories I published on Medium, From Seinfeld to Snapchat, was picked up by Backchannel and then acquired by Wired. Seinfeld’s career is marked with tremendous success and provides incredible insight into a […]
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📝 This Week’s Goal: Reassess our writing mindsets to make writing fun again Hey all, Margery Bayne here. Your friendly librarian by day and writer by night. You may know me from my series “The Short Of It” which is all about the writing and publishing of short stories. If not, hello! Outside my series, I […]
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A meditation on cooperation with my inner criticPhoto by Steve Johnson on UnsplashThe pen is willing, but the mind is weak I was fortunate enough to enjoy a generous break from my day job for the 2020 holiday season, and I decided to capitalize on a portion of that found time by working on one of the more […]
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📝 This Week’s Goal: Get to know your writerly self. Hi there my literary loves! On this version of Earth people know me as Emily Wilcox (or The Girl Obsessed with Biscuits™) but you will soon know me as Mrs Robert Pattinson, I can assure you. And what I am is what I think we all […]
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The large black dot has more power than you thinkImage by Julia Kicova on Unsplash We all know what a bulleted list is. The Oxford dictionary defines a bulleted list as: ‘An item in a list in a document, that is printed with a square, diamond or circle in front of it to show its importance.’ The […]
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📝 This Week’s Goal: Learn from others to make more money as a freelance writer. Writing is a lot like following a recipe; there’s a lot of room for interpretation (unless you’re baking — follow that recipe to the letter!). Great cooks use a recipe for inspiration and add their own spin, making the dish distinctly their own. […]
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If done right, editing can take your content from drab to fabImage Credits: Limitless; Virgin Produced“It’s time to go to war with yourself.” — David Goggins If writing is therapy, editing is war. It’s a war against your preconceived brainchildren. Editing and writing, although woven from the same fabric, are different sides of a coin. Perfectly yin and yang. Great writing […]
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If you’re a writer, what kind of website do you need? The answer depends a little on what kind of writer you are. A book author, for example, needs a very different kind of website than a freelance copywriter. That’s why we love Squarespace as a website-building and hosting service for writers: It allows you […]
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📝 This Week’s Goal: Celebrate your year in writing. 2020 might not have been the year we all expected. As we prepare for the ball to drop and usher in 2021, it’s worth taking a quick look back to the year that was. In January, our Facebook Group kicked off the year with the Embrace Your Weird […]
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