Posts Tagged ‘inspiration’
I only have one child, not counting my husband. My son turns ten years old in November, and shows a remarkably calm attitude for a boy his age. There are evenings, such as these, where I can hear the gunfire of Nerf guns and strategies of pretend warfare just outside my office door. Even the [...]
I’m an avid writer, but this doesn’t mean I always write well. After all, even this blog illustrates days where I sort of blither on fluff. I find my weakness in conclusions becomes glaring- at least to me.
Either way, I find writing very cathartic. If I don’t write here, publicly, I still maintain a journal [...]
I’m not sure the reason why but writing lately suddenly became an ordeal of Herculean proportions. I can’t say if the issue with plagiarism bothered me, or that I got sick with food poisoning, or I fell in this deep depression for nearly a week, but a vacation somewhere nice would be wonderful right about [...]
One tip many published authors have given is simply…. to write. The very act of writing, and writing regularly will help improve writing. This means you should find the means to get something down every day such as a blog, short story, or whatever medium you’re writing in, but to get something written every day.
I [...]
One of the toughest aspects of writing is finding the inspiration to write. What we’re talking here is enthusiasm. If you’re not excited about your subject or your life, finding the right words to express yourself will be clumsy, awkward, forced, and otherwise unreadable. A bored writer writes boring material, in general.
How often have I [...]
Something I learned today was the value of an easy activity known as ‘freewriting’. What is freewriting? You start with a blank page, or word processing document, and write for 5-15 minutes. You write; just that. You don’t worry about grammar, or sentence structure, or even dotting your ‘t’s. You just write.
This activity was perfect [...]
















