Try these sources to refill your creative bucket

Posted on 04/01/2022 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Being told to write *another* book when you've just barely finished the one (and have to keep marketing it!) might...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Writer Unboxed, Writer's block / writing prompts

All work and no play makes your writing very dull

Posted on 03/08/2022 at 10:10 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

As a society, we're still accustomed to thinking highly of activity and underestimating the value of rest. Advice-givers in all...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Joanna Penn, Motivational, Writer's block / writing prompts, Writing advice

Consider these three changes if you're struggling to finish a book

Posted on 02/11/2022 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Learning about the craft of writing, whether it's through articles, workshops, or formal educational programs, is absolutely beneficial to writers....

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Writer's block / writing prompts, Writing advice

Authors on writing what they don't know

Posted on 02/11/2022 at 09:32 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

All authors have heard "write what you know," but it's certainly not embraced by all of them. In fact, we...

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Tagged As: C.S. Lakin / Live Write Thrive, Writer Unboxed, Writer's block / writing prompts, Writing advice

The role of your dreams — and your characters' — in fiction

Posted on 02/10/2022 at 08:59 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those who remember their dreams when they wake up tend to find them at least moderately interesting. And doubtlessly, those...

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Tagged As: Writer Unboxed, Writer's block / writing prompts, Writing advice

How different types of writers can conquer the blank page

Posted on 01/25/2022 at 12:04 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The scariest thing of all, to many writers, is a blank page (or word-processing document). They know they need to...

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Tagged As: Writer's block / writing prompts

How to build your own personal literary canon (and why)

Posted on 01/04/2022 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

An easy bit of advice for authors — and one familiar to you, probably — is to read other authors....

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Tagged As: Writer's block / writing prompts, Writer's Digest

Expert advice from the Kindlepreneur

Posted on 12/10/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It can be hard to keep on top of the blogs and news sources you follow any time of year...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Keywords, Nonfiction, Writer's block / writing prompts

What time travel can do for your novel

Posted on 10/04/2021 at 01:33 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Some of you may be wishing you had a time machine, just to send you back to the weekend and...

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Tagged As: Writer's block / writing prompts, Writer's Digest

Already keep a journal? It can help your fiction!

Posted on 09/30/2021 at 09:59 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

For an author, a personal journal can be far more than a place to unload emotions or record significant moments....

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Tagged As: C.S. Lakin / Live Write Thrive, Writer's block / writing prompts