By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Successful writers need their own voice and style – because brilliant ideas alone don’t a solid writing career make! These five tips for developing your writer’s voice will improve your writing skills and increase your confidence.
Lately I’ve been obsessed with voice because I think that’s why my agent hasn’t scored me a book contract yet. My ideas [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Monday, April 13, 2009
These tips will make your articles, pitches, and writing in general more memorable…and the more memorable you are, the more likely you’ll succeed as a freelance writer.
“Tell the readers a story!” says novelist Anne McCaffrey. “Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences.”
Using anecdotes and [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Tuesday, August 12, 2008
How can you tell if your writing is improving? Sometimes you’re so enmeshed in your writing, you can’t tell if you’ve improved, gotten worse, or are treading water! So, here’s a list of qualities of excellent writing, to help you measure your progress.
Before the tips, a quip:
“Advice to young writers?” says Doris Lessing. “Always the same advice: [...]