Wordsmith or Storyteller: Embracing Your Identity
By Daniel Schwabauer
Writers tend to be predominately either Wordsmiths or Storytellers. Recognizing your own tendencies is not a magic formula for writing success, but it can be enlightening.
Identity: Playing to Your Writing Strengths
By Daniel Schwabauer
Learning to write well means, in part, discovering where your talents really lie. It means uncovering your writing identity. What forgeable skills do you possess? Can you tell the difference between hardwood and iron ore?
When You Brood More Than You Write
Tineke Bryson, Staff:
Brooding is uncomfortable. Embarrassing. It’s difficult to see the point, and while I wonder what the point could be, I brood some more. What should I do with my book? Should it be fiction or nonfiction? Should I scrap the manuscript and start over?
Holding On to Story as a College Writer
Brynn Fitzsimmons, Guest Contributor:
Studying writing in college has repeatedly made me question whether I love writing enough to finish—or even like writing anymore at all. I want to share why I’ve had such a difficult time and how to avoid the discouragement I faced.
7 Ways Starting a Blog Will Up Your Writing Game
Emily Tjaden, Guest Contributor
I know what you might be thinking: “But I’m a novelist. I don’t blog.” Fair enough. For a long time, I felt the same way. Blogging was for people who didn’t—or couldn’t—write fiction; why should I bother with it? Well, the truth is, there are a lot of reasons you should bother.