Writing Tips


Writer's Notebook
Writer's Notebook
Keep your thoughts organized in a writer's notebook
Writers use notebooks to keep their inspirations organized. Thoughts are fleeting but if they're written in notebooks they can be used later. For a writer, a writers notebook is an essential tool - sort of an extension of memory! When you have a good idea for a writing project, you need a place to write it down. The logical place, the place thousands of writers choose, is a simple writer's notebook. The best time to write in your writer's notebook is immediately, so it is essential to keep ...


Publishing Methods
Publishing Methods
So You Need to Publish Your Book?
How should you publish your book? Self-Publishing? Vanity Press? Traditional? POD-People? The Big Five? What's the difference? On this lens I explore the different options you have as a writer to get your book published. Created: August 7, 2007 Last Updated: November 3, 2010


How to Start a Publishing Company
How to Start a Publishing Company
How to start a publishing company: I started my own small press publishing company. With the help of companies like LuLu and Kindle, it's now easier than ever to start a small press publishing house. Here on this lens I will take a look at how I did it, you will find out what I did and how you can do it too. I will add an extra note here, seeing as it has been asked, why I do not tell you how to publish an ebook on here. One thing you will not find here, however is info on eBooks. I'm afraid...


Creating Character Profiles
Creating Character Profiles
How Well Do You Know Your Characters?
A character is a person about whom you write. Every work of fiction (book, screenplay, SCA persona, RPG, LARP, MMORPG, video game, etc.) has characters in it. Question is, do you as a writer, really know as much as you should about your characters? Together we shall explore the art of creating character profiles and help you create better more lifelike characters for your next story.


wannabe a writer?
wannabe a writer?
wannabe a writer? by Jane Wenham-Jones
wannabe a writer? by Jane Wenham-Jones is one of the best books anyone has ever given me. So, whether you are a WAHM (Work at Home Mum) or Dad, part or full time writer, if you want to learn about writing and getting published AND laugh at the same time, then this HAS to be the book for you. As soon as I opened the book and saw the dedication in the opening pages, then I just knew Jane Wenham-Jones is a woman after my own heart: "With thanks to the family gene pool and in memory of Miss Dor...


Lots of Article Writing Ideas
Lots of Article Writing Ideas
17 Article Writing Ideas You can use Today!
Do you struggle to come up with new ideas on what you can write? Perhaps you feel like you're wasting much of the time you could spend writing on wondering What to Write instead? Well help is at hand from a prolific writer who has more than enough article writing ideas to share around. Here are no less than 17 article writing tips and ideas which have helped me to write almost 200 blog posts in a matter of months. When you're stuck for a writing idea, just re-visit this page and get fired up...


What Genre is My Vampire Story?
What Genre is My Vampire Story?
So You Are Writing A Story About Vampires and Have No Idea What Genre It Is. Here Is Where You Can F
You know, I think the #1 question out there, is: What genre is my vampire story? You know what makes me think that? Well, here on the NaNoWriMo forums right now, there are 2 threads asking this question, on the first page of the "Character and Plot" section. There are 3 more on the first page of the "Horror" section and 2 more on page one of the "Fantasy" section. Another one on page one of the "Romance" section. Now, if you go off the page ones and start looking at the older threads... shock...


A collection of writing tips
A collection of writing tips
So many writing tips, so little space
Writing tips are all over the Internet and for those suffering from writer's block, they can be very helpful. Unfortunately, they do not group themselves in a neat little bundle. It became necessary to find a place to store all this information in a format that was easy to use. This lens houses all my favorite prompts, tips and creative writing exercises. The lens will be updated as more tools are discovered. Writing prompts, writing tips and creative writing exercises can be be helpful to a...


EKs Lensography For Writers
EKs Lensography For Writers
Lenses For Writers
This is a list of all of my lenses for writers. Oh, and for those wondering: What's with all the waterfalls? I do a lot of my writing outside in my garden or in the forest behind my yard, and there is a brook going through my yard. Now whenever I see a waterfall I think about writing, so I thought it only right that I put waterfall pics all over my writing page.


What do you look for in a book?
What do you look for in a book?
Improving your writing: What do you look for in a book?
Did you ever wonder why readers choose one book or author over another? Looking for more readers to read your own books? Think you might need to improve your writing skills some? Try this writing exercise to improve your own writing skills.



2012-02-14 13:20:49

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