Birthday Writing Prompts
In honor of this writer’s birthday (and birthday obsession), here are three birthday-inspired writing prompts.
Grammar: Your Secret Writing Weapon
Looking for a way to achieve an edge that will raise your writing to the top of an agent’s or editor’s inbox? Dreaming that your pitches, cover letters, query letters, and actual prose will stand out and be noticed? Just want to be taken more seriously as a writer?
It’s a lot easier than you think.
19 Tips on Writing Memoir from The Memoir Project by Marion Roach Smith
I have read The Memoir Project three times. I have taken notes and underlined my favorite sections. Marion Roach Smith has solid advice on how to write your own stories. Let me share nineteen tips on writing memoir from The Memoir Project.
Screw the Muse: You ARE a Writer
The end of the year can be strange for word-lovers. If you’re anything like me, your last “365” had great writing days and not-so-great ones. There were days when the muse sang and days when her only appearance was to say she didn’t exist. (And never had. Or never would again. You know how capricious the muse is.)
Well, screw that capricious muse. It’s time to take a stand. I’m calling all you word-lovers to take a step with me: it’s time to call yourself a writer.
3 Email Etiquette Rules to Help You Write the Perfect Email
We use email every day. For work. For fun. For love letters.
It’s so easy. The standards are so low. Even at work—the standards are lower than other forms of communication.
But you’re a writer. And as a writer, you have the unique ability to make your emails stand out among the masses. You are capable of crafting the perfect email.
