Writing Advice
Since 2011, I shared writing advice as the managing editor of Thinking Through Our Fingers and later, wrote for Writers in the Storm, a Writer’s Digest 101 Best Website for Writers. I have centralized copies of those posts here.
Craft | Character:
- Exploring a Character’s Past Wound
- How Do Your Characters Love?
- Identifying a Character’s Blindspots
- When is Your Character Real?
- Writing a Different Kind of Romance: The Sibling Relationship
Craft | Editing & Revision:
- Demolition & Revision
- How to Beat Your “Negativity Bias”
- Sitting with Discomfort: Negotiating Difficult Critiques
- Tell the Story
- Use Small Details to Strengthen a Story
Craft | Plotting:
- An Easy Guide for Outlining Your Novel
- Emotional Pacing
- Focus on the Heart of Writing
- How to Show the Passage of Time
- The Perk of a Side Writing Project
- Understanding the Inciting Incident
- Writers Need to Start With Why
Craft | Setting:
Creative Living:
- Are You a Whole-Hearted Writer?
- Braving Writing
- Courageous Writing: A Theory (by me)
- Dear Writer: Keep Learning
- Depression & Writing
- How To Build Your Own MFA Experience
- How To Survive a Writing Crisis
- How Writers can Breakthrough Being Stuck
- Maintaining Accountability
- Making NaNoWriMo Work for You
- Overcoming Procrastination
- Reflect & Reset
- Remember Why We Write
- Share Your Invisible Work
- The Road to Perfection
- Writer, Care for Thyself
- Writer: You are Separate From Your Craft
- Why I Read – And Why We {probably} All Write
- Why Writing Can’t Be Easy
Writing is a Business:
- Being Courageous & Vulnerable: Writer Edition
- Finding Success at Writer’s Conferences
- Fairy Tale vs Reality: A Candid Conversation about Publication
- How Entrepreneurship is like Writing
- Make Your Writing Essential
- Open Your Eyes & Put Your Blinders On
- Reflecting and Goal Setting for Writers
- Unlock Writing Successes Through Planning