This Week’s Posts
A Roundup of This Week’s Published Stories 3/18–3/24
Happy spring!
This week we took a look through the secrets of writing, the lessons we should have paid more attention to, what bestselling authors don’t want to share with the rest of us and so much more.
As always thank you for your continued support and we wish you the best of luck in your writing this week!
You will get some writing done this week — right?
Your story is waiting!
The Most Important Writing Lesson I Learned the Hard Way
A Lesson From My Personal Experience
I’ve made plenty of mistakes in my life when it comes to almost all aspects of it at one point or another and writing is not the exception.
There are things I should have started doing sooner, things I wish someone could have told me, and things that I was told, but didn’t listen to — until it was too late.
Being a full-time writer for the past few years has taught me many lessons on its own, but there is one today that I’d like to share with you before it ends up costing you in one way or another.
The Secret To Becoming A Writer IS Easier Than You Think
You Just Need To Do This One Thing
I’ve always wanted to learn how to run a marathon.
Sure I know the steps, one foot in front of the other until I reach the finish line, but just like with writing where in its simplicity we are putting one word in front of the other until we reach the end of the story, there’s a bit more to it than this.
Becoming a writer is a dream that many share. They want to see their words in print, maybe even their name in lights, or at least their book sitting on the bedside table of readers all over the world.
And while the dream of writing a novel is just that for many, making this dream a reality isn’t as hard as many have made it out to be.
But there’s a catch — just like my dream of running a marathon — I’m not going to be able to just strap into a pair of sneakers no matter how nice they are and take off running for miles on end and wind up being the first one across the finish line with the big metal around my neck.
First — I’m going to have to practice.
The Mindset You Need To Conquer Writing In 2024
Change Your Outlook to Accomplish Your Goals
As we come to the end of the third month of the year, it’s a good time for us to start to reflect on those pesky New Year’s resolutions that most of us made at the beginning of the year.
How many have you achieved and how many have you abandoned? How many have you started to tell yourself that you will try to accomplish them next year?
Was writing your novel one of them?
Instead of abandoning your goals for writing this year since there is still plenty of time to accomplish them let’s see if we can change your mindset about your goals so that this is the year that you turn them from just goals into a reality.
3 Powerful Ways To Outline Your Novel
Outline help that avoids the What comes next? problem
I’m sure the pantsers have long since run away and avoided clicking on this article at all costs so I’m not too worried that those who are reading this are going to start arguing with me in the comments about how outlining ruins the idea of writing a novel.
Outlining is not for everyone though I will always recommend that everyone tries it at least once to see if it can aid you in writing your novel.
I personally believe that outlining is a crucial step in the writing process, but it’s been given a bad reputation by those who believe outlining means that you have to have notes and diagrams and lines of string connecting each part of the story on a board that looks like it walked off the set of some detective drama.
For some writers, this is how they outline their novels, but for those who are looking for a simpler yet still powerful way to outline their novel then this article will explore three outlining methods so that you can find the one that works best for you.
3 Things That Destroy Your Writing
Avoid These Common Mistakes
Have you ever wondered how someone could write wrong when there’s no wrong way to write?
It’s more common than you think and I know you’ve experienced it for yourself — those books that you were looking forward to reading because they’re all anyone can talk about in your reading groups —
But then you finally get your hands on them and halfway through you’re trying to figure out just how anyone could have read and enjoyed it when all you want to do is bring it back to the store and get your money back — adding it to the dreadful DNF list on your Goodreads.
Unfortunately, certain things can destroy your writing and any chance of your reader leaving you that gold star review.
If You Want To Make A Living As An Author — Don’t Quit Your Day Job
The reality of making money as a writer
Before we begin I’d like to remind you that financial stability is not a guarantee as an author. Even the most successful authors are not guaranteed high returns or long-lasting royalty checks no matter how popular their books are when they are published. Do not assume you have failed if you have not reached stability as an author.
It might sound harsh for me to sit at home typing away at my desk and tell you that you shouldn’t quit your job if you want to make money as an author — but because I am that makes me the perfect person to explain to you why.
4 Things Bestselling Authors Don’t Want You To Know
Why success seems so out of reach for the everyday writer
A bestselling author with millions of book sales, thousands of devoted fans, and a large online following can seem like a god among the rest of us writers who may be struggling to get our foot through the doorway let alone climb to the highest room in the tower.
Many of us stuck on the tower’s lowest level may be asking ourselves, “What’s their secret? What do they know that the rest of us don’t?”
Turns out there are a few tricks they’ve kept hidden up their sleeves from the rest of us, but it’s time to pull back the curtain and let it all be exposed.
