Ready To Break Into Freelance Writing? Start With A Marketing Plan.
If you want to embark on a career in freelance writing, you’ll need to promote your skills and services. Developing a marketing plan is crucial to getting off to a good start.
Picture Books Can Be More Than Meet The Eye
Whether you’re inspired to explore history or science, complex feelings or scary weather, your children’s picture book can share a powerful message.
What Makes A Great Villain?
A great villain can engage an audience, energize a book, and provide a satisfying source of conflict — but the devil is definitely in the details.
Capitalizing On The Stickiness Of Serial Fiction
It’s not likely you’ll get rich writing serial fiction, but you can gain exposure for your work and get feedback from readers to gain insights for shaping and honing your storytelling skills.
When Is The Right Time To Write?
Whether you’re most creative at dawn or midnight, paying attention to how you write at different times of the day can help you discover the best time to write for you.
Is Your Writing Terrible… Or Is It The Dunning-Kruger Effect?
If you’re feeling like your writing isn’t very good, you might be stuck in the Valley of Despair — smack in the middle of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Nine Idioms Traced To Their Origins
We use idioms all the time — after all, these phrases came into use because their figurative meanings can really make a point. But the origins of many common idioms are not easy to guess.
