By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Writers who try to be perfect are less likely to get published because they never finish! Here are tips for overcoming perfectionism for writers from a full-time freelance writer who more often than not hits “send” before an article pitch is ready (I polish articles until they gleam, but am trigger happy with my pitches!).
Before my tips, here’s a [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Saturday, August 2, 2008
Here are five tips for coping with writing, inspired by a bestselling author. Lionel Shriver revealed that coping with writing fears aren’t just for new writers. Even successful published writers have to convince their agents and editors to that certain book ideas will sell!
Before the tips, a writing quip from Lionel Shriver:
“Fictional creatures are fragile. On bad days authors can’t suspend [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Friday, July 18, 2008
Staying motivated is a key to writing success, so here are five tips for increasing your writing discipline. Without discipline, you won’t write a query letter — much less a book proposal or full manuscript!
Before the tips, a quip from Elizabeth Gilbert:
“As for discipline – it’s important, but sort of over-rated. The more important virtue for a writer, I believe, is [...]