Writing rituals and good habits in writing are hard to develop, but once you’ve got them you might just have a great writing process for life.
Category: Writing Process
Learn more about the writing process, with tips and hacks to build good writing habits and finish writing what you start. Read tips to organize your novel, how to improve your focus, how to choose smart writing goals and more about building a practice that supports and develops your writing.
Writing resolutions, like other goals, are best kept small and easily attainable. Read 10 ideas for reaching your goals this year:
Serious writers cultivate specific habits. Read Amy Tan on the impetus for writing, Murakami on acquiring endurance and more.
Business plans for writers are valuable documents for setting, tracking and learning from goals and strategies for selling books. Read 9 steps for developing a thorough plan.
Manuscript evaluations or assessments are one of several options for getting detailed, professional feedback to elevate your writing. Learn more.
How long does it take to write a novel? Are there ways to speed the process up when writing to deadline (or impatient to get the draft done)? Read on for answers.
Read 12 fun ways to find a book idea, from exploring myths and legends to poring through digital archives, doing as Disraeli advised, and more.
Being a story planner is not necessarily vital for success. Some writers swear by seeing where a loose, less structured writing process takes them. Yet this may take longer, and there are other risks to having no story scaffolding. Learn how to organize your novel using methods such as online story planners and tools, annotation and story planner templates:
The benefits of coaching in athletics and business are well known. How does a novel writing coach help you write your story, though? Read on for eight insights into how coaching works, and why: