Many writers are familiar with this conundrum: you’ve always loved to read and it’s the reason you want to be a writer, so you’re trying to write every day and hit those word count goals, but now you kind of miss reading! However, of all the things that fall by the wayside when you make writing a priority— diets, Netflix binge habits, and bonding time with the brunch crew—  do...

Arguably the most iconic character this side of the 21st century, David Rose is a force of unstoppable sarcasm and sass. As writing is a roller coaster of emotions, eye rolls, and rare glimpses of vulnerability, we’ve cultivated 15 gifs full of David Rose energy that encapsulate the joys (and woes) of the writing process. 1) When you write something that’s honestly, truly, really good. via GIPHY I’m obsessed with this....

Let’s think about art for a moment, shall we? Because after all, writing is an art. If I asked you or anybody else what it is they like about art, most of the time they’re going to say that it made them feel something. That’s one of the essences we all love about art: that it touches us in an emotional way. No matter what you’re writing or your level of expertise,...

Beginnings. They seem innocent, yet they possess the inexplicable ability to bring a writer to their knees. First lines haunt us late into the night until we spring up from bed only to greet the sun with the rhythmic pounding of the backspace key. The words come to us, but as soon as we see them on the page that little voice in our head (all writers know this voice)...

Today, I’m thrilled to talk about a part of the writing journey that’s incredibly close to my heart: Rejection. Admittedly, the topic of rejection sounds like a bummer, but it doesn’t have to be! That’s why I’m here—I want to give you several reasons to keep going after the rejections begin to come in. You may only get a few, several dozen, or hundreds during your writing career.  Right now, I...

It’s 2021, which means 2020 is finally behind us! I don’t know about you, but I have some exciting writing goals I’m ready to tackle this year. I’m motivated, have all my journals ready to go, and I’ve even organized all of my pens by color. Now I can sit at my computer and write my rough draft of the book I’ve been dreaming about for years. If 2020 has taught us...

If you are like more than half of the people in this country, you probably have a job that takes up forty or more hours of your week (cue Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5”). As a school teacher, I am currently taking on an abnormal amount of work. Busy would be an understatement to describe my current situation, and one thing keeps getting put on the backburner… my writing routine....

A synopsis is one of the trickiest parts of the landing-an-agent process. After sitting down to write your own synopsis, you may find yourself staring endlessly at the blank screen—especially if you’re anything like us—pondering how in the world you’re going to manage conveying your plot, character arcs, and themes within just a few pages. And to be honest, these musings are more than valid. Writing a synopsis is a...