What are your most common writing mistakes? The more quickly you recognize them, the faster and better you’ll write! Here are several mistakes that experienced freelance writers, novelists, and writing instructors often make — plus several tips for strong writing. 
Before the writing tips, a quip from Socrates:
“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come [...]

These habits of highly effective writers are based in part on 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists, which is a fab round-up of writing advice from published authors (a book I wish I’d written!). Some of these writing tips will give you something new to chew on…and others will make you cringe at how difficult writing [...]

To be a successful writer, you don’t need to be brilliant, talented, or even all that creative. Here’s how to increase your chances of getting published — key writing tips from Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success.
Gladwell is Canadian, like me!  Here’s a quip from his interview with David Hochman, a Reader’s Digest [...]

These writing tips from JK Rowling’s success are from guest author and published author, William Meikle.
“Fantasy fiction is big business, and many authors are trying hard to break in,” says Meikle. “The burning question on all their lips is, ‘How did JK Rowling do it?’ And the answer to that is pretty simple. She gave the [...]

These eight romance writing and publishing tips are from novelist Mary Jo Putney, speaking at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference in British Columbia. Here are some of her best tips on writing, editing, and publishing….
Before the tips, here’s a quip from Putney:
“When your book comes out, there will be errors in the text,” she says.
Okay, this may not seem like [...]

Don McQuinn, a book doctor, shared his writing and editing tips at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference in British Columbia. Here are several of his tips, which range from editing yourself to dealing with writer’s block.
“Editing yourself takes cold-blooded analysis,” says McQuinn. He doesn’t show his writing to anyone until it’s completely ready to go. Only his wife, [...]

These 12 fiction writing tips from authors and editors range from “put your characters in therapy” to “embrace your writer’s procrastination.” I rounded up the best advice on writing fiction from a range of successful writers, including journalism professors, novelists, and screenplay writers. 
Before the tips, a writing quip from Anais Nin: 
“I believe one writes because one has to create [...]

Most of the reasons freelance writers and novelists need to create a website or blog are about improving their writing skills, building a strong writing platform, networking, and becoming a more successful writer.
After I created my website – The Adventurous Writer – I realized firsthand the importance of websites or blogs for writers! Before setting it up, I couldn’t decide if it was worth the effort. [...]

These writing quips and tips from Julia Cameron are about avoiding writing, creating, producing, or otherwise evolving into the artist you’re meant to be.
“Art is not about thinking something up,” said Cameron “It is the opposite – getting something down.”
She wrote this funky little book called How to Avoid Making Art (or Anything Else You Enjoy). It’s a quick read, [...]