As you may know, I spend my days as a lawyer.
Despite all the articles about how going to law school is waste of time and money; I personally don’t think it was a complete waste.
For one thing, it taught me how to get things done.
Here to learn? You’re in the WRITE place!
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4 Surefire Ways to Bore Your Readers to Death
Right now, I’m at the point where I’ve just finished writing a long piece of work. I hope it’s good. There’s just one thing about it that’s keeping me up at night, though.
I’m afraid my writing is boring.
The Proofreading Technique That Will Change Your Life
You’ve heard over and over again that the most important thing to do as a writer is to write. Write when you don’t want to. Write when you do want to. When you don’t know what to write, write anything.
But there are two sides to the writing coin. There is writing, and there is editing. In this post, I’m going to share a proofreading technique I learned recently that is changing my writing life.
5 Novel Writing Tips from a First-Time Plotter
They say there’s two types of novel writers: pansters and plotters.
Pansters catch the spark of an idea and just get down to the writing. Plotters, on the other hand, create an outline of the novel before stringing sentences together.
Announcing a New Writing Contest (Over $400 in Prizes)
Today, we’re officially opening the The Write Practice Writing Contest, our first official writing contest in over two years.
But just in case you think you know what a writing contest involves, let me tell you that this is not your average writing contest.
This Simple Principle Will Solve Your Show, Don’t Tell Problems
No doubt you’ve heard the old writing advice, “Show, don’t tell.” But how do you do it, and how do you balance the showing versus the telling?
Today I’m going to share with you a simple strategy for deciding what you should show in your writing and how to approach it.
How to Overcome Writer’s Block While You Sleep
I recently dreamed that The Write Practice owner, Joe Bunting, Monica Clark (TWP regular contributor), and I were trapped in a room together overnight. We had to write 100 different blog posts until dawn…or, we died.
I know it sounds silly, but you know how dreams are. It was writing until the death, people! I awoke in a sweat.
Here’s the kicker: Joe wore a mustard-colored matador costume the entire time, complete with the bedazzled knickers and little black hat. I paused occasionally from our brainstorming to persuade him to change into regular clothes, but he refused because it made him more creative.
The next day, I realized….
10 Writing Prompts—Written by Cats and a Dog
Your writing brain has turned into a lump of frozen hamburger meat. The only way to thaw out your creativity is to write, and if you don't know what to write, here is a list of writing prompts. A gentle nudge towards getting words on the page. Writing prompts are...
4 Things Dexter Taught Me About Writing Antiheroes
This summer, I’ve been binge-watching my way through the television show Dexter. For those of you unfamiliar (don’t worry, no spoilers here): Dexter is a serial killer. He is also the protagonist of the show.
4 Real-Life Starting Points for Story Ideas
As writers and storytellers our heads are often filled with a number of plotlines, characters, and conversations. But there are still times when we struggle to think of story ideas that get us excited; ideas that sees us racing to grab a pen and paper and jot it down before it slips away.
In these moments it feels like you’ll never have a good story idea ever again, right?
I’ll gladly tell you you’re wrong. You just have to look around to see that you’re surrounded by inspiration everywhere you go.
