General Writing Hints

It happens to every writer at least once. You open your notebook or log on to your computer, ready to go. Suddenly, you're staring at an open space with nothing on it. Something about all that ...

When you put hours of work and plenty of insight and research into your writings, it's important to protect them from illegal usage. Consequently, it behooves you to understand copyrights and how ...

If you're serious about writing, it's time to get serious about a writing environment that will be conducive to producing your highest quality of work. By making a few adjustments, you can better ...

Some days, it's tough to find the motivation to write. Staring at a blank page or working on assignments that barely keep you awake can be dull and wholly uninspiring. At these moments, you ...

Have you ever tried to define your style of writing? It's tough to delineate just what sets you apart from other authors or journalists, but the sooner you uncover your niche (or niches), the better ...

If you freelance long enough, you're bound to start receiving them - the dreaded rejection letters. While every author knows they'll come sooner or later, that realisation doesn't make it any ...

Similes and metaphors are used in many forms of writing - from newspapers and magazines to novels and in many other fields of writing too. They can be used to help to communicate a specific message ...

Just as famous actors and shows have "catch phrases", you might want all your writing pieces to have a "certain something" that tells readers you were the author. But figuring out how to put your ...

Many authors find the act of proofreading their manuscripts to be difficult, but it's more a matter of perseverance than anything else. Is it the most fun part of writing? Not really. But it's ...

The world-renowned poet ee cummings wasn't the first to fool around with conventional punctuation in his works but he might just be the most well-known. By eschewing capital letters and standard, ...

Poems don't just "happen". Even the simplest-sounding rhymed creations represent hours of work. Like a Jackson Pollack painting, they might look easy, but they aren't. Techniques Without a ...

Have you ever poured over an extremely short story and wished you could read more about the intriguing characters? Conversely, have you plodded through a molasses-slow novel, certain that it could ...

Words, like molecules, are everywhere. They make up the bulk of our communication, yet we rarely ever notice them. How many times a day do you see the word "of"? Have you ever thought about what ...

Anyone who says writing isn't a dodgy occupation obviously never became stuck in one of these common pitfalls. But it needn't be that way as many of them are avoidable. See if any of them ring a bell ...