Tag Archive: Writing

Escaping Writer’s Block

Photo credit Writer’s block is a truly horrible thing, especially when you earn a living from your creativity. Unfortunately, the more it plays on your mind, the longer it will last. Therefore, finding ways to escape this situation in a fast and effective fashion should be top of the agenda. Whether you’ve just entered the slump or have been stuck in a rut for some time, these five ideas should serve you well. Keep Writing If you can’t get under, over, or around the wall, there’s only one option left. Break through it. Break away from your normal writing discipline to try songwriting, poetry, or fan fiction. It doesn’t matter that this is unlikely to be your best work. The main thing is that you’ll…
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3 Benefits of Regularly Writing out Your Thoughts

Image via Pixabay The funny thing about writers is that they like writing. Hold on; I promise this is going somewhere. You see, writers may engage in the act of writing in order to generate an income — as in the case of professional copywriting, for example — but it’s rare to find a writer who writes professionally and who doesn’t also enjoy writing about various topics for his or her own entertainment, or as a productive hobby of sorts. Most people can barely stomach the idea of writing anything longer than a standard Facebook post or Instagram caption. This is a shame, not just because they might find writing fun or fulfilling if they gave it an honest try, but also because there are…
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3 Ways to Avoid Misrepresentation in Your Writing

Contributed Post Image via Pixabay Writers generally like to think that the tales they’re spinning with their words are going to contribute in some positive, if small, way to the world at large. In recent time, however, there has been growing concern about the veracity of the information shared via writers, news anchors, and other purveyors of insight and opinion. In the current climate, perhaps more than ever before, it’s important for every writer to maintain their integrity and guard themselves against accusations of unethical behaviour or spreading misinformation, by means of their writing. So, here are some ways you can avoid misrepresentation in your writing. Try to present the facts without the emotional or value-judgement overlay It’s often possible to tell within the first…
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Where You Can Really Flex Those Creative Muscles

Contributed Post There is no time like the present to be a creative is there? In this day and age there are so many opportunities that you can flex those creative muscles. You can have a career based solely on your creativity, in many different formats. You can enjoy hobbies and indulge your spare time in doing the things that you feel passionate about. However, like with so many things in this modern world, there is choice and a lot more than there used to be. This can give you some form of creative block as you wonder where best to enjoy your passion for creating. I wanted to share with you some of the basic principles of creativity and some of the avenues you…
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Love Books? Build Your Own Little Library

Contributed Post Libraries are a staple of life. We used them during elementary school days, having lessons inside them with interactive elements. We used them during high school, to try and get our heads down for studying away from distracting things like having a social life. We used them for the same reasons during the college days, and we might have even felt like we lived in one. And as adults, we go back to them for a sense of nostalgia, and to borrow a book we don’t feel like buying every now and then. But it still feels like the need for a library is in decline, and more and more of them around the globe are being shut up because of people’s immediate…
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