The Importance of Balance in Our Lives
Finding a good work-life-writing balance is a never-ending struggle. Despite the difficulty, we need to pursue balance or suffer in multiple ways.
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Finding a good work-life-writing balance is a never-ending struggle. Despite the difficulty, we need to pursue balance or suffer in multiple ways.
Pin ItMilestones like graduation force a sense of accomplishment that comes from completing something. Similarly, we can “graduate” from one stage of our writing life to the next.
Pin ItI never watched Game of Thrones but this past season is an excellent example of how pacing can affect character arcs and readers’ relationships to our characters.
Pin ItIn our writing career, tangible lessons are often easier to learn, but branding can be intangible. How can we use tangible ideas to define our brand?
Pin ItStories about super-productive authors can make us doubt ourselves or think we’re not doing enough, but we shouldn’t worry about measuring up to impossible standards.
Pin ItTo hear some authors talk, we’d think there are strict plotters and strict pantsers and nothing in between, but there’s really no end to the mix of approaches we can use in our drafting.
Pin ItWhen pitching our story, we might struggle with figuring out which elements to focus on. How do we decide what to emphasize in our pitch?
Pin ItIn many ways, a writing career has a lot in common with being an entrepreneur. Here are 6 entrepreneurship questions to apply to our writing career.
Pin ItEveryone understands what worldbuilding is for fantasy, science fiction, historical, etc., but what does worldbuilding mean for contemporary stories?
Pin ItWithout spoilers for Avengers: Endgame, let’s explore how the power of the Marvel movies isn’t about the plot or spectacle—but with the characters.
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