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Excerpts: Health Tips for Writers Lots of jobs pose health hazards, and writing is no exception. Whether you write professionally or as a hobby, spending hours hunched over your keyboard or notebook can have detrimental effects on your health if you don’t take the proper precautions. From muscle cramps and eye strain to getting bogged down in the mental clutter...Read More The post Health Tips for Writers first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on » Writing Resources: Perrine’s Sound and Sense This post contains affiliate links that earn commissions for this website from qualifying purchases.  This is one of my favorite writing resources of all time. It is subtitled “An Introduction to Poetry,” but it’s full of concepts that can benefit any form of writing. Whether you write fiction, articles, essays, or blog posts, Perrine’s Sound and...Read More The post Writing Resources: Perrine’s Sound and Sense first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on »     Recent Articles: “What-if?” Journal Prompts Storytelling Exercise: Three Acts 42 Fiction Writing Tips for Novelists How to Write a Poem Is Writing Always Fun?   Share   Tweet   Ready, Set, Write: A Guide to Creative Writing       101 Creative Writing Exercises

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Excerpts: “What-if?” Journal Prompts What if you won the lottery? What if you woke up in someone else’s body? What if you could fly? What if you could open your imagination to a whole new world of writing ideas? Today’s journal prompts encourage you to wonder. Some of them are based on reality. Others ask you to step outside...Read More The post “What-if?” Journal Prompts first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on » Storytelling Exercise: Three Acts Today’s storytelling exercise is an excerpt from my book, Story Drills, which is filled with fiction-writing exercises that impart basic techniques of storytelling. Today’s exercise is from chapter forty-five. It’s called “Three Acts.” Enjoy! The three-act structure is one of the simplest and most effective ways to outline or analyze a story and its structure....Read More The post Storytelling Exercise: Three Acts first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on » 42 Fiction Writing Tips for Novelists The more I explore fiction writing, the more complex and multi-layered it becomes. Through the processes of brainstorming, outlining, researching, writing, and revising, I have discovered countless details that authors have to consider as they set out to produce a viable work of fiction. Over the years, I have collected a vast pile of notes...Read More The post 42 Fiction Writing Tips for Novelists first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on » How to Write a Poem There’s no right or wrong way to write a poem. There are techniques and methods you can learn, forms and formulas you can choose, and writing exercises or poetry prompts you can use. But if anyone tries to tell you how to write a poem, take it with a grain of salt. That said, there...Read More The post How to Write a Poem first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on »     Recent Articles: Is Writing Always Fun? How to Improve Your Writing Skills What’s Your Writing Plan? Get Poemcrazy! Poetry Prompts for Language Lovers   Share   Tweet   Ready, Set, Write: A Guide to Creative Writing       101 Creative Writing Exercises

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Writing Forward | Weekly Digest Excerpts: Is Writing Always Fun? People have different reasons for writing. For some, it’s a hobby. For others, it’s a livelihood. For most, it’s a hobby they dream of turning into a livelihood. It’s a worthwhile dream, and a lofty one too. But what does it take to get there? How much fun will you have, and just how much...Read More The post Is Writing Always Fun? first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on » How to Improve Your Writing Skills Today’s post features excerpts from 10 Core Practices for Better Writing. These excerpts are from “Chapter Five: Skills.” Enjoy! Writing Skills When we talk about writing skills, we usually think of the basics: the ability to write sentences and paragraphs correctly with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. But a lot more than that goes into...Read More The post How to Improve Your Writing Skills first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on »     Recent Articles: What’s Your Writing Plan? Get Poemcrazy! Poetry Prompts for Language Lovers Storytelling Exercise: Motif Where to Find Ideas for Writing a Story   Share   Tweet   Ready, Set, Write: A Guide to Creative Writing       101 Creative Writing Exercises Sign up to receive free books on the craft of writing in exchange for an honest review.   Learn More     Copyright © 2022 Writing Forward, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Writing Forward 911 Lakeville St. #123 Petaluma, CA 94952

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Excerpts: What’s Your Writing Plan? When I first started writing, it was a spontaneous affair. I was a teenager, lying on my bedroom floor; I think I was talking to someone on the phone, and I’m certain music was playing on my boombox, as it always was. There happened to be a pen and a spiral-bound notebook (for schoolwork) in...Read More The post What’s Your Writing Plan? first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on » Get Poemcrazy! This post contains affiliate links. Part memoir, filled with poetry exercises and activities, and sprinkled with poems, Poemcrazy is sure to inspire anyone who wants to delve deeper into the art of writing poetry and the lifestyle of a poet. Poemcrazy is a delicious read with bite-sized chapters that give you a creative boost and a...Read More The post Get Poemcrazy! first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on »     Recent Articles: Poetry Prompts for Language Lovers Storytelling Exercise: Motif Where to Find Ideas for Writing a Story What is Poetry? How to Find Writing Inspiration When Your Muse is on Vacation   Share   Tweet   Ready, Set, Write: A Guide to Creative Writing       101 Creative Writing Exercises

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Excerpts: Poetry Prompts for Language Lovers Poets have a unique relationship with language. For a poet, language is more than a tool for communication; it’s a set of paints and paintbrushes that can be used to create scenes and images that resonate with readers. A poet must then foster a loving relationship with language, learning its secrets, understanding its idiosyncrasies, and...Read More The post Poetry Prompts for Language Lovers first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on » Storytelling Exercise: Motif Today’s storytelling exercise is an excerpt from my book, Story Drills, which is packed with fiction-writing exercises designed to impart the basic techniques of storytelling. Today’s exercise is from chapter thirty-five. It’s called “Motif.” Enjoy! Motif A motif is a recurring idea, element, or symbol in a story. A story can have multiple motifs, and...Read More The post Storytelling Exercise: Motif first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on » Where to Find Ideas for Writing a Story It always seem like there are too many writing ideas or not enough. When you don’t have time to write, ideas come hurtling out of nowhere. Sometimes they come so fast, you can’t even write them all down. But when you sit down, stretch your fingers, and lean over your keyboard to start typing, nothing...Read More The post Where to Find Ideas for Writing a Story first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on » What is Poetry? Prose Bewitched “Poetry is prose bewitched, a music made of visual thoughts, the sound of an idea.” – Mina Loy When I read Mina Loy’s description of poetry as “prose bewitched,” I felt like someone had captured the true essence of poetry for the first time. We often struggle to define abstract or obtuse concepts....Read More The post What is Poetry? first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on »     Recent Articles: How to Find Writing Inspiration When Your Muse is on Vacation Talent Isn’t Everything 10 Tips for Submitting Your Writing and Getting Published Writing Resources: Bird by Bird Props, a Storytelling Exercise   Share   Tweet   Ready, Set, Write: A Guide to Creative Writing       101 Creative Writing Exercises

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Excerpts: How to Find Writing Inspiration When Your Muse is on Vacation Have you ever sat down to start a new writing project only to find yourself sitting there, hours later, staring idly at the blank page? Writing inspiration doesn’t always come easily. In an ideal world, we always look forward to the blank page, a fresh canvas we can color with ideas and texture with language....Read More The post How to Find Writing Inspiration When Your Muse is on Vacation first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on » Talent Isn’t Everything Every writer hopes for talent, but what is talent, exactly? Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary offers several definitions: a special often athletic, creative, or artistic aptitude. general intelligence or mental power: ability the natural endowments of a person Talent gives people an edge or a head start. With talent, you can learn faster and perform better. Success isn’t...Read More The post Talent Isn’t Everything first appeared on Writing Forward. Read on »     Recent Articles: 10 Tips for Submitting Your Writing and Getting Published Writing Resources: Bird by Bird Props, a Storytelling Exercise 23 Fiction Writing Ideas That Will Revitalize Your Story When Poets Don’t Read Poetry   Share   Tweet   Ready, Set, Write: A Guide to Creative Writing       101 Creative Writing Exercises

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