Pinterest isn’t just a playground of DIY crafts, cake pop recipes, and humorous memes; it also inspires and offers guidance for the everyday writer. Whether you want to spice up your book, find resources on drafting your first novel, or boost your creativity, here are 20 Pinterest boards to motivate your inner writer. 1. Mandy […]
Everyone tells authors that they have to promote themselves on Facebook, but nobody really wants to hear other people promote their books all the time. So the 20 Facebook groups below are not for self-promotion. They’re for community building. Maybe someone you meet in one of these groups will help you find your next writing retreat, or […]
There are lots of character questionnaires out there stuffed with 200, 300, and even 400 questions. This is overkill. It’s not about how many questions you can answer, it’s about what questions you’re asking. The majority of questions on these questionnaires are filler that waste the author’s time. I mean, “How does this character view […]
I love a good laugh and I love reading, so of course I like books that can make me laugh. I don’t simply mean books that I occasionally smile at while I read. I mean books that make me look like a crazy person in public because I keep laughing out loud. This all stemmed […]
Authors are tired of getting the same questions at every interview. They’ve answered them a hundred times and will not be excited to answer them yet again. I can tell you exactly the questions writers get time and time again at every book reading and interview: Where do you get your ideas? What is your writing process […]
In a world where J.K. Rowling’s manuscript of “Harry Potter” was rejected 12 times and Kathryn Stockett’s manuscript of “The Help” was rejected 60 times, it can be easy to become despondent about publishing your fiction, even more so for teenage writers aching to voice their thoughts to the world. However, there’s an abundance of writing competitions […]
Young Adult (YA) literature has become increasingly popular over the last few years. It’s probably because “Twilight,” “Hunger Games,” “Divergent,” “The Fault in Our Stars” and a handful of other YA books have been turned into movies. I like to think that’s the case because the books were great stories. Say what you want about […]
As creative writers, we tend to get stuck. Whether it’s racing against the clock, summoning our inner novelist, battling our worst critic, or even putting pen to paper, we realize that sometimes we could use a helping hand. But with an endless trove of books on writing and books about writing, which one best suits your […]
I first got into writing when I had to write a poem in the 6th grade. I had never thought much about writing before then, but I ended up getting the best reaction and the loudest applause from my classmates. You can imagine what this did for my 11 year old ego. After that I […]
What do you do after an MFA? You drink whiskey, that’s what you do. But after you’re done with the whiskey, you read this fucking article. This is the advice that recent creative writing MFA graduates need. Sure, you can click away, or save it to read later, but God help you if you don’t […]
