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Go Backward to Go Forward

One of the reasons why we sometimes get stuck in our writing is that we see how much there is left to do. Let’s say ...

10 Tips to Beat Writer’s Block

Whatever you’re working on right now, you’re bound to get stuck at some point. When you stumble upon our old friend, lovingly called “writer’s block,” ...

Stop Trying to Be Productive

Most people listening to this podcast are located in the United States, so let me focus on that crowd for a second. Part of our ...

Go to the Slush Pile

Once you make the decision to start writing, and you do it on a regular basis (hopefully every day), over time you will build up ...

Release Dates Exist for a Reason

If you have ever watched behind-the-scenes documentaries for movies, you have probably heard directors talk about the impulse to keep tweaking a movie. Sometimes they ...

You Can’t Edit a Blank Page

A common problem we writers have is how to get started. We have a rough vision of what we want to create, but we’re afraid ...

Do Writing Tools Matter? Yes & No.

If you get heavily involved in the writing community, you have to be careful. Why? Because there is a whole sub-industry devoted to writing tools ...

A Good Writing Day

One of the difficulties of creative work, which includes writing, is that we sometimes have vague ideas about our goals. We haven’t determined ahead of ...