The writing life doesn’t have to be all starving artist. Grants for writers are out there, and they can help fund your next project. But you have to know how to find them. Nonfiction writer and journalist, Katya Cengal, funded much of her writing through grants. As a feature writer for Louisville’s Courier-Journal, she hit […]
Break Into Freelance Writing with These Key Tips
No one said freelance writing is easy. Sure, life as a digital nomad has its perks. Nothing compares to the freedom and flexibility you gain on your time. It’s awesome to work from home and try new coworking spaces. And being your own boss? Yes, it’s awesome. But the skill set is different when it comes […]
This Formula Solves The ‘Show, Don’t Tell’ Writing Dilemma Once And For All
So I’m working on this short story I started for some Glimmer Train contest or other. But it grew like a weed all unwieldy, and now it’s burst through its word count limit and its deadline. And I wish that was this story’s biggest problem. Its biggest problem is that I’m still struggling to balance ye old show versus […]
5 Hard-Hitting Plot Tools To Get Your Story Unstuck
Admit it. Plotting a novel can be a bitch. You start down the path all plucky and excited to translate your beautiful novel onto the page, and what happens? Characters fall flat. Tension fizzles out. Scenes go nowhere. And climax ideas feel, well, anticlimactic. Pretty soon the cursor on your screen has been blinking so long […]
How to Trust Your Writing: 3 Helpful Tips from 3 Renowned Novelists
You’ve heard this one before, I bet. Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. -E.L. Doctorow But if this quote from E.L. Doctorow on writing is new to you, you can probably already tell why it’s […]