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Issue 21: Spring Hath Sprung! |
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Written by Melody
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Wednesday, 18 April 2007 |
Spring has finally sprung and that means all writers and bears must now wake up and exit the Caves of Hibernation. Red-breasted robins hunt busily for nesting materials, flowers tentatively peep out of the ground and writers .... well, writers pluck inspiration from all this hopeful new life.
Maybe you're still a little fuzzy-headed, not exactly bright-eyed and bushy-tailed yet. Or maybe you're still reeling in shock at the annual tax bill you just paid! No problem; take a peek at a few of this issue's articles for a little fresh inspiration and advice.
*Improve Your Writing
Disciplining Yourself to Write - How to Create a Writing Schedule
Disciplining yourself to write isn't an easy task, but you'll get better at it with time. The trick is creating a writing schedule which forces you to write every day. If you don't have a schedule, you'll wind up watching television, reading books and surfing the Internet rather than creating your latest story or article.
Three Easy Ways to Motivate Yourself to Write
Writing is a wonderful, yet sometimes, very hard thing to do. Often it is very easy to not "make the time" to write and nobody is going to motivate you. You have to motivate yourself. Here are three techniques that will get you writing.
*Promoting Yourself
Marketing Tips For Authors
Marketing Tips For Authors
Writers: Boost Your Web Traffic
Okay, so you’re an upcoming writer with a future best seller in the works or maybe you just pubbed, anyway, have a website and want to know how to increase traffic and start generating fans?
*Anything Goes
Integrity
This is an article I wrote one day after several people were caught lying, cheating and stealing at my last station....
*On Writing: Poetry
How To Write Poetry
What is the key to how to write poetry? Use words not to explain, but to elicit emotion in the reader. Here are some ways to do that.
*On Writing: Non-Fiction
A Conversational Tone is Appreciated in "How To ..." Books
Everyone that buys a "How To..." book expects the book to tell them how to do whatever the subject matter is, but the book will be better received and more popular if it is written in a conversational tone rather than just a bunch of “do this” and “don't do that” lists.
*On Writing: Fiction
Seven Ways to Make Your Fiction Compulsive Reading
This article tells you how the What's In It For Me? (WIIFM) formula, normally applied to commercial endeavors, is equally important to readers who are browsing or scanning fiction looking for that next good read.
Writing a Page Turner
What's going to happen next? You turn the pages as quickly as you can. Agitated, you read on, lured by the sense of dread that's pulsing through your veins.
*Getting Published
Self Publish Your Book - You Will Need to do Most of the Work Yourself Anyway
With the introduction of online bookselling, the competition to get your book published is even greater - or is it?
*Film and Music
Developing Screenplay Ideas ... My well runneth --- in many directions!
Recently, I started a screenwriting and movie-making group here in Las Vegas. Our objective was to begin at, well, the beginning of the process and work all the way through to an edited movie. Sounds easy? Yes! Is it really? Not at all.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 April 2007 )
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