Writing Quote Generator
http://selfpublishingteam.com/free-tools/quotegen/ "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." - Jack LondonClick to expand...
View ArticleAdvice from five famous writers
Five Brilliant Writers, and Their Advice to You A short piece with advice from Kurt Vonnegut, Ricky Gervais, John Steinbeck, Margaret Atwood, and Maya Angelou. My favorite, from Steinbeck:... Advice...
View ArticleGreat name generator
Stumbled across this a while ago and it's proved invaluable for when I need business / product names. You can search by keyword, and even get the logo which serves as a great visual aid....
View ArticleCorey Doctorow on limiting situations
This is an interesting article by Cory Doctorow on the limiting situations that characters face, and whether or not those limits are realistic. It gets a little political at the end, but I think it...
View ArticleFirst Drafts and Batting Averages
Ted Williams, The Greatest Hitter Of All Time, ended his career with a lifetime batting average of 0.344 (that's 344 hits for every 1000 swings), and was the last hitter ever to get an average of over...
View ArticleFantasy Naming Advice
A long read on consistency in fantasy names, with some good specific advice on how to achieve it: Names Aren’t Neutral: David J. Peterson on Creating a Fantasy... Fantasy Naming Advice
View ArticleThe Things you Learn When Writing
This isn't a request for help or anything of the like, I just wanted to share a recent personal insight. When I write stories, I generally write the story from multiple perspectives. The thing is...
View ArticlePilates and Podcasts
Morning all, Anybody have recommendations for writing podcasts I can listen to while I do my morning pilates? My new routine is to wake up and do the exercises in my office before I start writing, so...
View ArticleJust Keep Trying
Something that popped up in my FB feed that's worth sharing: View attachment 12375
View ArticleWhat would make you stop writing?
What would make you stop writing? If the apocalypse happened, and there was nobody left to read your work, would you stop? Does writing fulfill some sort of creative outlet? So... if you found a...
View ArticleMaking it in 2018 as a Writer
I'm not some great author... But I've gone from an unpublished cautious scrub slowly and gently poking around for ideas and lessons on the internet, to a driven confident writer who ONE: Knows what...
View ArticleInspiration vrs. Stealing a Story
So where do you draw the line between being "inspired" by a story or by actually stealing an idea/concept/character? For example, I have a favorite author, Jim Butcher. Basically the main character is...
View ArticleGeorge Orwell’s 5 Rules for Effective Writing
Hey folks. I did a quick search and it doesn't appear the following has been shared before. Here is an essay written by George Orwell. A guideline for preventing common errors in written language. I...
View ArticleMy Writing Tips
When Writer's Craft started at the beginning of second semester last year I was very new to the world of writing. I may still be new to this great new world, but I feel I have progressed a great deal...
View ArticleVS Naipul's Advice for Writers
I know the last thing the world needs is another list of advice for authors-to-be, but there's some really good advice here, and this is, after all, a writing workshop. So... VS Naipaul’s Rules for...
View ArticleHemingway's 110 commandments
http://www.kansascity.com/static/pdfs/Hemingway_stylesheet_Plain_Text.pdf I read through this, and I thought it was interesting what Hemingway learned as an article writer. I thought I share it and see...
View ArticleSharing my description writing eureka:
OK so let me try this sub-forum again. I don't know about the 'sticky quality', maybe I need a more causal eureka/inspiration sub-forum for these little things. I'm working on getting the hang of...
View ArticleMastering Style: The Learning and Teaching of Writing
This is a really interesting talk at Harvard, speaking about the clarity of writing and considerations for finding, adapting, and personalizing your style. They speak about writing in a general sense,...
View ArticleSteinbeck writing Grapes of Wrath - pretty inspirational!
Here's an article with quote from John Steinbeck's journal while he was writing The Grapes of Wrath. I find this kind of thing inspirational. I hope it is for you, too. Link.
View ArticleTwo Thoughts On Originality, One Old and One New
For a while now, my go-to response to new writers asking variations of "Should I not write this because it's been done before?" (the irony of which I am just now realizing as I typing this) has been to...
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