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Writing When You Don’t Know What You’re Doing (You’re Meant To Feel That Way)

I’m working on a novel again after many years, and spent yesterday brushing up on scene theory, because my scenes weren’t working. Scenes are the building block of your novel, and I’d forgotten that not only does every character in … Continue reading

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Are you writing enough to make big money?

Top selling writers in any area – novelists, magazine writers, bloggers – earn more. That’s not surprising. What is surprising to many writers however is that these top selling writers are not necessarily better writers; they’re just more productive. I … Continue reading

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What to do when you have too many ideas

The big benefit of writing for the Web is the freedom. No one tells you what to do: you can write what you like. However this very freedom can be confusing for new writers. Yesterday an ezine subscriber sent me … Continue reading

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Writing Quick Start – Three Steps to Success as a Writer

Want to become a self-confident writer, who writes effortlessly? Writing is both a skill, and a habit, and over time, writing will come completely naturally to you. Here’s how to speed up the process. When you first start writing, whether … Continue reading

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Use what you know – write

A few years ago I coached a “blocked” writer. She put it this way: “Something’s stopping me writing.” So, being rather more naive then than I am now, I spent a week exchanging emails with her. After every email message … Continue reading

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No time to write?

Then you’ll love next week’s Fab Freelance Writing Eine, which is devoted to helping you to find more time to write. Here’s an excerpt from the article “Finding Time to Write – Two Strategies”: Finding time to write isn’t easy, … Continue reading

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