New Daily Writing Guides from The Write Practice

The Only 10 Creative Writing Prompts You Need

by Joe Bunting | 58 Comments

You get better at any skill through practice, and creative writing prompts are a great way to practice writing.

At the end of every article on The Write Practice, we include a writing prompt so you can put what you just learned to use immediately. And we invite you to share your writing with our community so you can get feedback on your work.

The Write Practice is more than just a writing blog. It’s a writing workbook, and we think it’s the best one on the Internet (of course, we’re a bit biased).

Writing Sprints: A Simple Exercise That Benefits Every Writer

by Joe Bunting | 0 Comments

How do you defeat procrastination, write more in less time, and do it with less struggle? Two words: writing sprints.

Word sprints are an amazing writing tool that you can use to improve your writing. Sprinting pushes you to write more words fast, by forcing you to start writing and ignore your inner editor.

They also get you to concentrate on one of the most important ways to improve your writing life: consistent practice.

With continuous practice, word sprints can even help you develop a writing habit that will empower you to write and actually finish a novel or a screenplay—and maybe even develop a career as a writer.

But what are writing sprints? And how can you use them effectively?

I’ll teach you in this post!

Book Cover Design Tips: How to Sell Books by Optimizing Your Book’s Cover

by Joslyn Chase and Evelyn Puerto | 1 Comment

Hooray, you finished writing your book! But now, it’s time to figure out how to sell it. And perhaps the biggest thing you need to nail is your book cover. To help you do that, here are our top book cover design tips to grab your reader (and get your reader grabbing your book!).

Delight Your Senses: Synesthesia Literary Definition and Examples

by Robert Harrell | 0 Comments

Synesthesia describes a specific sensory experience whether lived or literary. Today we’ll explore a synesthesia literary definition and examples to help you understand this fascinating sensory phenomenon.

Write About Yourself: Tips and Prompts

by Joe Bunting and Sue Weems | 199 Comments

Several scenarios might require you to write about yourself from personal essays to job applications and biography blurbs.

The key for each is to think about the purpose and the target audience. Then shape your personal history or life experience into a well-crafted piece of writing that meets those needs of purpose and audience.

Let’s look at a few of the most common scenarios where you have to write about yourself.

N. K. Jemisin MasterClass Reivew: Will This Take Your Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writing to the Next Level?

by Elizabeth Nettleton | 0 Comments

Thinking of diving into worldbuilding and character creation with one of the most successful writers in speculative fiction? Here is my unfiltered N.K. Jemisin MasterClass review, where I’ll share what I really thought about the course–and whether I think it will help you with your own science fiction and fantasy writing.

Show, Don’t Tell: The Secret to Great Writing with Show and Tell Examples

by Joe Bunting | 156 Comments

You’ve heard the classic writing rule, “Show. Don’t Tell.” Every writing blog ever has talked about it, and for good reason.

Showing, for some reason, is really difficult. Yet, it’s also one of the most important writing techniques you need to master if you want your own writing stand out.

Telling is one of the hardest habits to eradicate from your style. I still struggle with it regularly. However, writing that shows is so much more interesting than writing that tells. Most of the time.

In this article, you’ll find the definition of “show, don’t tell,” see several show don’t tell examples, and learn the one simple trick to strengthen your writing style.

Character Development: Create Characters That Readers Love

by Joe Bunting | 16 Comments

Characters are the heart of any story. There are plenty of methods out there to help your character development. But when it’s time to give your characters shape and definition, don’t waste time on extensive questionnaires that get you weighed down in details.

Daily Routines of Writers: Using the Power of Habits and Triggers to Write Every Day

by Guest Blogger | 26 Comments

I’ll start with the bad news.

Much of what you’ve heard about daily routines is more fictional than the stories you’re writing. Everyone seems to have their own “key” to productivity: motivation, willpower, passion, and big goals being the most common.

While these all have the vague ring of truthiness, you’ve probably noticed that, in practice, the results of such methods are inconsistent to nonexistent.

Fortunately, there’s a simple cure.

Habits.