Avoiding Writing? Make Procrastination Work for You Is writing a priority on your list? If you’re a serial procrastinator, you look at that list with writing at the very top and think, “What can I do instead?” Well, it’s probably not that flagrant. It’s more like the siren call of the internet subtly pulls your … More Avoiding Writing? Make Procrastination Work for You
How to Use a Notebook for Your Novel Do you have dozens of unfilled journals waiting for your amazing insights and ideas? If you’re like many writers, you buy a new notebook or journal and pen like others buy new clothes. You see something you like, and you buy it without a thought as to … More How to Use a Notebook for Your Novel
Why Concept-Based Content Gets Better Search Results Ideas and concepts drive search results in today’s SEO environment. In this new search world it’s about discoverability, not links or keywords. Semantic search, like our own minds, looks for “key concepts” and not keywords. Think of it this way. A reader will skim your page to see … More Why Concept-Based Content Gets Better Search Results
Master the Plot Points That Matter/ Five Essential Novel Plot Points The Novel Framework You write your novel building scene by scene and organizing those scenes in sequences and chapters. You create story arcs and character arcs to build throughout the story. But, if your novel lacks even one of the five major plot points, … More Master the Plot Points That Matter/ Five Essential Novel Plot Points
Omnipotent Characters: Why Marvel Sidelined Thor, Vision, and Captain Marvel Warning: Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame ahead! Early on in Avengers: Infinity War, one of the film’s most powerful characters, Vision, gets stabbed in the stomach. The moment is shocking, yes, but it’s also important to the plot, effectively sidelining Vision for … More Omnipotent Characters: Why Marvel Sidelined Thor, Vision, and Captain Marvel
How to Use MindMeister as a Novel Roadmap Mind maps have been a useful tool for creative folks to brainstorm for quite a while. Remember the old days when you’d draw a circle in the middle of a piece of paper and draw lines from there to connect your thoughts? It’s much easier today. Why … More How to Use MindMeister as a Novel Roadmap
5 Helpful Tools for the Constant Blogger Love blogging? Us too! In fact, there’s no better time to be a blogger. It’s easier than it’s ever been to share your writing with the world. Furthermore, there are tons of tools out there to help you get started, build your audience, and sustain success. In this … More 5 Helpful Tools for the Constant Blogger
What We Can Learn About Writing from “Hamilton” Hamilton is an international sensation. Fusing hip-hop and musical theater, Lin-Manuel Miranda created an impressive telling of Alexander Hamilton’s life story. As writers, there’s a lot we can learn from the show, its creation, and its namesake. As Aaron Burr says in Aaron Burr, Sir, let me … More What We Can Learn About Writing from “Hamilton”
What Datajournalism.com Is and How to Use It Launched in April, Datajournalism.com is a new resource pioneered by the European Journalism Centre. In this article, we’ll cover what this new resource is and how you can use it in your writing practice. What Is Datajournalism.com? Founded by the European Journalism Centre, Datajournalism.com is a new … More What Datajournalism.com Is and How to Use It
10 Tips to Get Your Work Noticed on Medium In the sea of professional writers, we all just want to get our voice heard and share our valuable thoughts to the world. Standing out among many writers on Medium is undoubtedly a difficult task. If you have been publishing for quite some time on Medium … More 10 Tips to Get Your Work Noticed on Medium
