Just where do you start – to “be” a writer? The following article is my tips on where to start if you want to get started writing or to re-establish your writing commitment.
Erica
7 Historical Writing Prompts for July for the Creative Writer
Following on from my July inspired prompts from last week, today, my list of prompts are sourced from historical events from July. Use these as a starting point, and write for 10 – 15 minutes and see what you come up with 🙂
How to Read Every Day for Busy Writers and Why You Should
I believe that reading daily is of utmost importance to all writers, including the busy, time-stretched writer. the importance of reading daily is multiple-fold; it helps to expand your vocabulary, it increases your understanding of the craft, and it more obviously, improves your general language. In the following article, I will explain in more depth the benefits and how to read every day for busy writers.
Calling Australian Writers – New Penguin Literary Fiction Prize Announced!
Penguin Books Australia have just announced a new literary award for literary fiction or nonfiction, worth $20,000. Entries are now open and close October 20th (2017). It is officially the Penguin Random House Australia Literary Prize, with an award of $20,000, and the winning book to be published early 2019. This is a definite … Read more
7 July Holiday Writing Prompts to Inspire You
This week, our writing prompts are going to be sourced from July Holidays from around the world. We are up to July 15th, so I’m going to use the first half of the month as my limit to give you 7 July Holiday Writing Prompts (sourced from HolidaysCalender.com and Wikipedia). Write for 10 – 15 … Read more
How to Make Writing a Habit – Part 2
Simply and quickly, How to Create a Daily Writing Practice:
My previous How to Make Writing a Habit post wasn’t very practical advice-rich, so I wanted to do a follow-up that focused on other practical ways to make writing a daily habit. I will walk you through the following sections to help you create your daily writing habit.
Practical resources to help you write every day:
- Websites and Blogs
- Tools and Writing Apps
- Communities
7 Novel Writing Prompts to Help Your Story Along
This week, I am focusing on novel writing prompts to help jump start your novel, whatever stage you’re up to in it. You can also use these prompts for any type of writing, be it short stories, poetry or screenwriting. The following is a collection of different prompts to help jump start your writing … Read more
An Awesome $5000 Award for Writers and Artists (with Children)
Updated: 15th August with 2017 Award details
Who needs a (now) $5000 Writers Award that can be used for Anything?
I recently stumbled across this awesome award program, designed to support writers with children, which gives out a yearly award to writers and artists with children under 18 years of age. The award for writers and artists is run by The Sustainable Arts Foundation:
7 Hot July Writing Prompts for the Creative Writer
For the majority of my readers, it’s summer there, in July, so here are a few hot July writing prompts for the upcoming week, as well as some links to some pretty decent writing prompt articles.
How to Make Writing a Habit – Developing a Daily Writing Habit
A few weeks ago, I set myself a challenge, to write daily. And today, I want to cover in more depth the importance of developing a daily writing habit, even if it’s just a freewrite, or writing ‘practice’ pieces. In order to win, one must train. No matter what it is. Athletes train, and … Read more