Found these writing tips on the WishStudio blog written by Christine Mason Miller. She also wrote a great little piece on being rejected…
1. Write. Write more.
2. Be willing to write badly ~ sometimes it takes some slogging to get to the good stuff. Trust me, I’ve written loads of gunk.
3. www.pw.org ~ This is the Poets & Writers website, billed as “the nation’s largest non-profit organization serving creative writers.” They have interviews, articles, writing tools, and a database of small presses, literary magazines, and writing contests. 4. Submit. Submit more. Worried about being rejected? Read this. 5. Read Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton.
7. Feeling stuck? Go for a walk.
8. Spend ten minutes writing down any and every memory that comes into your mind, using just a few words for each description. Which one are you most drawn to? Which one are you resisting? Explore both.
9. Scope out what is available in your community ~ university extension classes, community colleges, adult education courses, writing groups, etc.
10. Write what you want to write, what you feel deeply compelled to write. Let go of trying to figure out what will sell, what could be published, how to get published, how to find an agent, what “the public” will like. Write from your heart, and write honestly.
