My sample chapters are due to a publisher in one week; these tips for writing for publication are my final attempt to make those chapters as lively, concrete, and strong as possible! These writing tips focus on the craft of writing (not the mechanics, such as grammar, spelling, or sentence construction).
Before the tips, a quip:
“The [...]

My two book clubs are very different from one other – and I love them both! Here’s what I’ve learned – my tips for starting and running a book club for writers. Thanks to Tumblemoose for prompting me to write this article!
Before the book club tips, a quip:
“The proper study of mankind is books.” – Aldous Huxley
Fellow scribes, [...]

Publication coach Daphne Gray-Grant shares five ways to salvage writing disasters – from poorly written articles to weak anecdotes.
But first, as ever, a quip:
“The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.” – Elias Canetti
Writing is a long, fluid process – and writing well is [...]

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 [...]

The editors of the Huffington Post are behind these tips for great blogging…some are great reminders, and others may surprise you. By the way – these tips for great blogging double as tips for successful writing! Remember, fellow scribes: the more you’re exposed to and practice the rules for writing well, the happier your editors will [...]

These ”chick lit writing tips” will improve the writing skills of any writer in any genre. The tips are from a book about writing chick lit, which I was reluctant to read (I thought it’d be too floofy for successful writers). But, the authors of this chick lit book — See Jane Write — discuss the serious side [...]

These five tips for decreasing writing errors are from Brent Sampson, best-selling author of Sell Your Book on Amazon: Top Secret Tips Guaranteed to Increase Sales for Print-On-Demand and Self-Publishing Writers.
Before we jump into these tips, here’s a quip from a famous American author:
“I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil,” [...]

One way to be a successful writer is improving your writing confidence — so here are 13 quips and tips to build you up! This is a round up of advice from a variety of freelance writers and bloggers, because a healthy dose of self-confidence will take you farther than insecurity and fear ever will.
Because one of these successful writers mentioned On Writing, here’s [...]

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 [...]

In this guest post, novelist William Meikle offers tips on writing leads (“killer opening lines”) – and keeping your readers hooked.
But first, I have to share a quip from Annie Dillard on how to be a successful writer:
“One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, [...]