Writing prompts are words and phrases that serve to trigger your imagination and help you form new ideas. For example: The body was still warm. I bet an image of a body appeared in your mind. Did you wonder about the body? Maybe you began to concoct a story around the image? Well, that’s how […]
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TIRED WRITING
ARE YOU TIRED WRITING? One of the problems writers face from time to time is being ‘tired writing.’ This is pretty normal during the editing/revision period as this stage can drag on and it can be draining to read the same pages over and over again. It is also easy to miss obvious mistakes at […]
Writing tools
There are plenty of writing tools available but what do you really need? Should you write in longhand? Be like those old writers and use a manual typewriter? Or, does the computer rule? It would be great to be able to say that the pen and paper are all the writing tools you need but […]
Hooked on the Internet
Another very common problem for writers and non-writers is feeling they are ‘hooked on the net.’ The amount of hours the Internet can steal from right under our noses doesn’t bear thinking about. In fact, I can’t bear thinking about it – myself. I admit that sometimes I just can’t avoid peeking at Facebook, or […]
The Power of Introverts
ARE YOU AN INTROVERT AND A WRITER? The power of introverts is a phrase I never expected to hear much. Power is more frequently discussed in connection with extroverts. Recently I watched a Ted Talk by Susan Cain and I was struck by how she expressed thoughts and feelings that I have also experienced, but […]
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How to make a manageable to-do-list
TO DO LIST or NOT TO DO Are you fed up writing to-do-lists and lists of goals? The self-help industry constantly stresses the importance of writing down our goals. They warn us that if we don’t write down our goals we will never achieve them. Throughout my life I have spent considerable time writing down […]
BUCKET LIST
TO WRITE OR NOT TO WRITE We’re all familiar with the film ‘The Bucket List’ (2007) with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman starring as two terminally ill cancer patients who decide to break free from their limited hospital existence. They run away and do all the things they wished they’d done before they became ill. […]
BUILDING A WEBSITE
BUILDING A WEBSITE Building a website is something I have wanted to do for a long time. Although I made a few attempts over the years I never managed to finish it. My reasons for not developing one before now were always the same – I was just too busy. Besides family stuff, I also […]