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How to decide what to write and how to increase the amount of words that you write

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The right creative writing prompts can inspire you and get you excited to write again. In this article, we’ll introduce 8 different creative writing prompts that writers of any age and experience will find helpful. Anyone who has ever picked up a pen or opened a word processor knows that writing is hard. It’s not just sitting down and coming up with the perfect sentence; it’s finding inspiration, getting in the right mood, and then keeping it going until you’ve finished your …

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I use journaling to improve my writing which is why I mention journaling in nearly every blog post. I talk about journaling a lot because I want to share what has helped me so that everyone else can benefit. And I am not the only one. A lot of people are talking about journaling. But even though it might feel like the latest fad, journaling and keeping a diary has been around for a long time. The Egyptians have been documented as …

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When you are trying to write getting any words down on the page can feel like a real challenge. This is where journaling prompts can help. Many people enjoy journaling and there are a lot of benefits to journaling regularly.  Sitting down regularly and journaling can set up a writing habit that is sustainable.  I wrote more about the benefits of journaling here and the different types of journaling here. But journaling is not always easy. Even if we are only writing …

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There are lots of journaling techniques to choose from. The most important part of journaling is that you do it. How often and what it looks like is completely up to you. Getting used to regularly sitting down and producing words will always help your writing. Journaling is a great way to get to know yourself better which will also help your writing. There are lots of benefits to journaling, such as mental health and physical health. I wrote more about the …

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I talk a lot about journaling and how beneficial journaling is for writers. But I have been keeping a diary in various forms since I was young so journaling is not hard for me. But when you are interested in the idea of journaling to help your writing there are so many options and methods of journaling for writers that it can be possible to be paralysed by choice. How can journaling help your writing? Writing is a skill. So the more …

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How to start writing is a common lament among beginner writers. They know they want to write. They might even know exactly what they want to write about. But something is stopping them. If you are familiar with this feeling then this blog post is for you. These tips are to help you overcome 16 of the most common writing problems. Many people have the urge to write. Not all of these will actually do anything about that urge. Of those that …

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Writing is a solitary process. Unfortunately, this means that when we struggle we do not always have someone we can talk to about it. One way of feeling less alone is to look at published authors and their difficulties with the writing process. So, let’s look at how to find other writers routines as inspiration for your own. I have included some authors as examples. But I have also suggested how to research authors for yourself. I will never be able to include …

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I was stuck recently. Again. The words were not flowing and the doubts were creeping in. My technique to combat this is to go through inspiring writing quotes. A lot of these are by published writers that have also been stuck. So, if you are struggling to get words on the page then this list of 12 quotes is for you.  1 Do not use somebody else’s definition of success to measure your progress. Also, not everybody keeps writing. A lot of …

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Are you writing what you want to write or what you think you ‘should’ write? The stories that I want to write all fit into the fantasy genre. Trying to generate ideas for any other genre is a struggle for me. It is one of the reasons why it took me so long to just sit down and write. Even though I had qualifications. I had ideas. But I did not feel that writing what I wanted to write was valid. I …

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Writing always looks straightforward when you see it from the outside. Think of an idea, sit down and start writing. But what if you have already tried that and it did not work? One of the struggles with building a regular writing habit is that the words on the page do not always match the words in our heads. It is easier to increase the amount of words that you write once you get used to what your words look like. How …

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