Writers’ Resources
Writing craft and mental-toughness resources for fiction, nonfiction, and memoir writers. Practical help for starting, sticking with it, and finishing the book.
The Importance of Self-Trust for Writers: Finding Purpose in Your Writing
When you write with a clear sense of why and what, you build self-trust, connect with readers, and write with real direction.
How a Character’s Obstacles Drive the Story in Fiction Writing
Internal and external obstacles are some of your most powerful tools for a story readers will not forget. Here is how to use both.
Lies That Keep People From Writing Their Book
Six lies that stop aspiring authors in their tracks, and the truth that gets you moving again.
How to Overcome the Fears of Writing a Book
Not enough time, not good enough, nothing to say, fear of failure. Name the fear, then move past it.
How Watching a Whale Can Help You Write a Book
A humpback off the coast of Cabo and the book idea that surfaces, dives, and will not leave you alone.
Attention Management: How to Regain Your Attention After You’ve Lost Your Flow
For writers, attention management beats time management. Practical ways to refocus when your flow is gone.
How to Finish What You Start in Midlife
Unfinished projects steal your peace. The top three reasons books stall, and how to fix each one.
How to Embrace Vulnerability and Improve Your Writing
Our most vulnerable parts are our most relatable. How fear of vulnerability flattens writing, and how to fix it.
Signs of Imposter Syndrome in Your Writing Life and How to Combat It
Even Maya Angelou felt like a fraud. The signs of imposter syndrome and how to keep it from stopping you.
Gift Guide for Writers and Authors
Need a gift for a writer, author, or book nerd? A handful of ideas they will actually love.
The Two Things Required to Claim the Title of Writer
It is not talent or a publishing deal. It is perseverance and passion for the process.
Use This Mindset to Pursue Your Writing Dream in Midlife
Think of your fifties as day four of a seven-day vacation, and watch what it does for your writing.
How to Request a Blurb for Your Book
Who to ask, when to ask, and exactly what to put in the request, without the rookie mistakes.
How to Eliminate Filter Words from Your Writing
Filter words put distance between your reader and the scene. Spot them and cut them with a simple find-and-replace trick.
Thirty-Seven Words or Phrases You Should Eliminate from Your Writing
Just, that, then, totally, and a list of redundant phrases that quietly bloat your prose.