Writing Advice

  • 9 questions to help you find time to write

    There is one question I dread answering as a writer–How often do you write?  My answer in past has ranged from: Writing? What is writing? to I don’t see how that’s any of your business! There would be times when… Continue reading

    9 questions to help you find time to write

  • Kill Your Darlings: Cut Your Word Count

    I think one of the most important things you can learn to do as a writer is killing your darlings. Listen, when you are writing the first draft of your story, the main goal should be to get it all… Continue reading

    Kill Your Darlings: Cut Your Word Count

  • Take a journal everywhere!

    Inspiration can come from anywhere at any time. There are tons of stories out there where writers have described being inspired by a dream they had (I’m looking at you Stephanie Meyer), a book they’ve read, or an experience they… Continue reading

    Take a journal everywhere!

  • The Most Obvious Writing Advice

    When I was in my freshman year of high school, I received the most useful and obvious piece of writing advice in my life. And it all started with my borderline homophobic English teacher. (I know homophobic English teacher sounds… Continue reading

    The Most Obvious Writing Advice

  • What’s Your Word Count? My Writing Productivity Experiment

    For those of you who don’t know, I am a productivity nut. I devour self-help and productivity books like I am orchestrating some sort of master plan to take over the universe. In reality, I am just trying to make… Continue reading

  • Let Your Writing Be Crap

    I’ve been around writers frequently enough to know that the most shared experience among us is that moment when we look at our own writing and say to ourselves: “Wow, that is a real piece of shit.” This moment can… Continue reading