Write like you’re dying
by George Angus @ Tumblemoose inspirationwriters flowWhat causes a writer to write? is it the need to create? Maybe it’s the need to put something out there that has been bottled up for too long and needs to breathe and gain a life of its own. Perhaps a writer writes because they have a talent for the craft and just wants to make a living.
Finding your writer’s voice
by George Angus @ Tumblemoose inspirationtipswriters flowSome writers are lucky. That’s what I’ve decided. From the very first keystrokes that they ever put to paper the words just flow and make sense. Others struggle and it seems like the words never take on a natural flow for them. Sometimes the difficulty in making words flow is so severe, it causes a terminal case of writer’s block.
Lose Your Mind and Release Your Creativity
by Harrison @ Men with Pens creativitywriters flow“You do your best work when you don’t think too much.” I laughed when I read the words that James had typed to me. It was true.
“It’s funny,” he continued. “There’s ‘don’t think’ and ‘don’t care’. When a person doesn’t care, I see it right away. When a person doesn’t think, the results are usually spectacular.” Right again. I see many people trying to produce nothing short of miracles each time they work.
Unfortunately, that attitude of striving for perfection does work against you.
Writing Flow: Turning Off the Worry Faucet
by Charlotte Rains Dixon @ Word Strumpet tipswriters flowA few days ago I wrote a post titled, What About Not Writing? which pondered the question of whether it was ever a good idea to take a break from writing. As is often the case, the post garnered some interesting responses, because, well, I have fabulously interesting readers (Brief aside: as a general rule, writers are the most fabulously interesting people in the world, except for the occasional odd duck crank).