habits

Using music to get in a writing mood

It takes being in the right mood to write a powerful scene, and music is the one thing that always puts me in that mood. Not just any music, but music that has already made it onto the big screen. What better way to put yourself in the perfect mood to imagine vivid and intense [...]

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How to form a daily writing habit

In my quest to become a better writer, I've taken classes, read dozens of how-to books, kept a journal, and joined local and online writing groups. After all this time, I've learned there is one habit that will improve your writing more than any other: Write every day. It seems so simple, yet any writer [...]

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Giving yourself the freedom to fail

Fear of failure is something that keeps many people from writing. They dream of being published but hold back because they're afraid their writing isn't good enough. They worry other people will read it and think it sucks. Sometimes this fear is enough to stop a writer from sending her manuscript out to agents and [...]

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