Why Are So Many Writers Afraid of Transgressive Fiction?
I got an email from a writer the other day asking about transgressive fiction. She had seen my previous article, What It’s Like to Be a Female Author Who Writes Transgressive Fiction, and she was curious about a couple of things. Number one, she wanted to know how I fueled my ideas to write in […]
Writers! Are You Doing NaNoWriMo This Year? Read This First.
It’s that time of year where I’m flooded with phone calls from panicked writers who are trying desperately to prepare for NaNoWriMo. For me, the end of October is always filled with these kinds of last-minute coaching sessions, in which I talk writers down from the ledge and convince them that all will be okay […]
The Despair of Being Creatively Blocked (and How to Pull Yourself Out of It)
If you’re a highly creative person then chances are you’ve gone through periods in your life when you felt creatively stifled. Maybe you had a brutal work schedule or you were caught up in a bad relationship and your head wasn’t where it needed to be to make good art. Or maybe you had critical […]
Writing Outside the Lines
Today’s guest post is from Amanda Linehan, a fiction writer, indie author, and INFP. I absolutely love Amanda’s take on writing without an outline, and I think you will too. I remember the first time I ditched my outline. I was working on my third novel, Dragon, and the second one that I would self-publish, […]
You Do Not Write the Story. The Story Writes You.
Why is learning how to write so hard? If you want to be a writer, there are countless MFA programs, online courses, and more advice than one person could ever read on the internet. There are a bajillion writing guides on Amazon. And if you jump around on social media for even two minutes to […]