During the month of October, we gathered up 20+ ambitious writers to commit to publishing a new piece of content every day. It was a lot of fun and a lot of […]
Writing
Stuck on the Intro? Write it Last.
Don’t let the blank screen and ghosts of deleted intro paragraphs haunt you and keep you stuck. You don’t have to start writing from your intro; you can start in the middle […]
Four Ways to Make Your About Page Work For You
Would it surprise you to learn that for most websites, the “About Page” is the second-most-visited page on the site (right after the main page)? It was a surprise to me when […]
Start Finishing’s First Anniversary
September 24, 2020, marked the one-year anniversary of the release of Start Finishing. As I’ve reflected over that milestone during the past several weeks, I can’t shake the feeling that it feels […]
The Daily Anchor Becomes The Anchor
The Daily Anchor is becoming The Anchor! If you joined us on our Monthly Momentum Call (MMC) earlier this week this will not come as a surprise to you, as we shared […]
4 Practices to Balance Your Solo and Collaborative Work
Over the last few weeks, I’ve felt that I was in an “I’ve fallen and can’t get up” spiral when it comes to writing. I was on a great streak of drafting […]
5 Easy Ways to Write About Your Problems (and Start Solving Them)
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ali Luke. Do you ever find yourself going over the same problem — again and again — inside your head? Maybe you’re in your 50s […]
Do You Need to Redefine Your Writing Productivity?
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Cynthia Morris. Writing is an odd art form. Putting our thoughts into words on the page can take a long time. And if we’re working […]
What Finishing My Book Taught Me About My Demotivation to Blog
Finishing my book has taught me a lot about writing and blogging. The most important lesson is that I love writing and that my days are best when I’ve done some deep […]
7 Ways to Start Writing to Improve Your Productivity
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Nancy Seibel. Even with the clearest of goals and intentions, I find that it’s all too easy to get distracted and end up accomplishing very […]
Blog Commenting Isn’t Dead — It’s Different
Nadia Bracken joined an inner dialogue I’ve been having for the last week or so when she posted the following in the Creative Giant Campfire yesterday: Takeaway Thursday Ya’ll — are blogging comments dead? […]
How Hero Stories Discourage Us from Being Virtuous
Hero stories are stories about what it means to be a good person in a given society. A hero’s circumstances and responses are extreme not just so that the stories are compelling […]