3 Reasons You Should Take a Break From Your Writing

3 Reasons You Should Take a Break From Your Writing

by Emily Wenstrom | 28 comments

I know how it is. It’s a three-day weekend. You get caught up in the barbecues, the family time, the sunshine, the sales at the mall… and whatever else. You sleep in and soak it up.

Then Tuesday morning comes, you drag yourself out of bed, and as you sip that cup of coffee you realize, oh man, you haven’t even thought about that manuscript for an entire three days.

4 Tips to Write a Summer Blockbuster

4 Tips to Write a Summer Blockbuster

by Emily Wenstrom | 21 comments

It’s May, which means we’ve hit the beginning of the summer blockbuster season! Explosions, car chases, larger-than-life heroes—what could be more fun? It's enough to inspire a writer to write one for herself (at least, this writer). But whether on the screen, or the...