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...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

Three new writing prompts to try out

Posted on 09/23/2021 at 10:53 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Advice on combatting writer’s block often focuses on encouraging you to put something — anything — down in words. The...

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

Creativity-boosting tips to help you make the most of your time

Posted on 05/28/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

With a three-day weekend on the horizon for many of us in the US, authors who have day jobs may...

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

Unsure what to write? Try these five prompts, just to get going

Posted on 01/09/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The rush of the holidays is over, and for some of us, that means an energy crash — physical, mental,...

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

Octavia E. Butler: Writer's block can be useful

Posted on 11/27/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Authors are generous folks, always sharing tips and tools with their peers. And of course, what works for one writer...

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

7 tips for writing intuitively

Posted on 10/27/2020 at 11:27 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There’s plenty of advice floating around the writing community for pantsers who want to become plotters. What about help for...

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

Is your story stuck? Try a plot twist prompt

Posted on 10/09/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If your story stalls at any point, Writer’s Digest has a tool that could help: plot twist prompts. Instead of...

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

Not sure what to say? Write a letter to someone

Posted on 10/08/2020 at 11:18 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Editor and author Stuart Horwitz began his memoir as a letter to his daughter as she went off to college....

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

Stop sabotaging your own writing and break through writer's block

Posted on 09/29/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re putting on our therapist hat today and sharing a few posts that focus on the psychological part of writing....

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