10 of My Favorite Writing Craft Sites
The writing journey is all about discovering what works best of for each of us as individual, and very unique, writers. Learning from others is valuable in helping us glean tips and fit together the puzzle pieces that will form our own writing processes. Today, I’d like to share with you ten of the sites that inspire, educate, and help me refine my process—plus, they’re run by a bunch of super awesome folks! 1. Jody Hedlund: Her spot-on insights into the publishing and marketing processes never fail to offer me something to chew on.
32 iPad Apps That Writers Just Love
I am pleased to share the following guest post with my readers. Having a love for Apple products and recently adding an iPad to my collection makes this post a perfect read for me. Although I have not had the time to write about must have apps for the iPad (like I did for must have iPhone apps), my guest writer from Accredited Online Colleges has. This list is full of fabulous apps that every writer should have and I hope you all find it as helpful as I have. Today’s writers benefit from an incredible assortment of digital tools from which they can draw inspiration and productivity.
10 Simple Ways to Become a Better Writer
Do you enjoy writing? Does it come naturally to you? Do colleagues praise you for your crisp, articulate, Nobel Laureate-worthy email updates? Congratulations! Because if you work in an office or run your own business, you’re likely to spend about a quarter of your workday doing one thing:
How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me) - Austin Kleon
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 Buy the book: Amazon | B&N | More… Here’s what a few folks have said about it: “Brilliant and real and true.”—Rosanne Cash“Filled with well-formed advice that applies to nearly any kind of work.”
Writing Exercises
Writing exercises are a great way to increase your writing skills and generate new ideas. They give you perspective and help you break free from old patterns and crutches. To grow as a writer, you need to sometimes write without the expectation of publication or worry about who will read your work. Don’t fear imperfection.
English words with disputed usage
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal. List of English words with disputed usage Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English.
25 Things You Should Know About Character
Previous iterations of the “25 Things” series: 25 Things Every Writer Should Know 25 Things You Should Know About Storytelling
Learn how to Develop Content Writing Skills
Content writing services offer the best and the most reliable data providing service all over the world, thereby enhancing the pace of success in business. Therefore before starting article writing, make sure that you abide by the content writing tips which are primarily essential. Content writing services are one of the very essential elements of growing business as they help in providing insight to the readers and customers about the business houses and therefore a good writing is what every business person seeks for in order to enrich his website. Thus, to guarantee your client with the best article writing you should follow certain indispensable rules of content writing which should be sincerely followed while promising good content writing services. What does content writing mean?
Eight Secrets Which Writers Won't Tell You
Image from Flickr by Lazurite This is not particularly relevant to the post, but I’m getting an awful lot of comments telling me, often a little snarkily, “it’s ‘THAT’ not ‘WHICH’”. The “don’t use which for restrictive clauses” rule comes (as far as I can tell) from Strunk and White. Plenty of authors, including Austen, have used “which” exactly as I use it in the title. It’s very commonly used like this here in England, so I’m guessing my comments are coming from US readers.
Write a Novel in a Month
From Wired How-To Wiki Photo by Valeriana Solaris/Flickr/CC November is National Novel-Writing Month. If writing an entire novel in 30 days strikes you as damn near impossible, just head over to the NaNoWriMo website and check out how many people have actually done it: More than 165,000 people participated in 2009, and more than 30,000 managed to crank out the 50,000-word goal. Of course, you probably aren't going to produce great literature in just a month. Infinite Jest and its ilk require more than just a month of writing.
Stephen King’s Top 20 Rules for Writing
As you know I in the habit of publishing “writing rules” from various well-known writers as I stumble over them on the web. They won’t write your books for you, but they are food for thought. For what it’s worth here are Stephen King’s. They are more discursive that some, but contain some pearls. Happy writing! 1.
a concise guide to important grammar, punctuation, and writing style rules
This site is a concise guide to some of the most commonly violated rules of writing, grammar, and punctuation. It is intended for all writers as an aid in the learning and refining of writing skills. Explore each of The Rules to see examples of its application and find references that provide additional explanations and examples on the Web and in print. Buy a book or find a website that will help you to improve your writing skills. Look up grammatical terms in the Glossary. For a wider variety of information, check the related FAQs (frequently asked questions).
Using mind maps to develop writing
A mind map is ... The advantages of mind maps How to make mind maps with your students Choosing a topic Note making Feedback Organising mind maps Writing Continuation A mind map is ... A mind map, or spidergram, is a strategy for making notes on a topic, prior to writing. It is a structured strategy, which shows the (hierarchical) relationship of ideas, as opposed to an unstructured strategy, such as brainstorming, in which students produce notes at random on paper. Having an organised display of information from the outset of the writing process may help some students, as it is more easily converted into a draft, whereas in brainstorming, the random recording of ideas might lead to problems with the structure of students' texts.
