Writers with extroverted personality traits tend to spend more time with friends and family – especially when compared to introverts! Here are seven tips for increasing writing productivity for extroverts (although people with introverted personalities are welcome to use these tips, too ).
Before the tips, a quip:
“Write only if you cannot live without [...]

Every week, Quips and Tips for Successful Writers features “Writing Quips and Tips From Successful Published Author X.” J.K. Rowling is up to bat this week; on deck for next week is Truman Capote.
These quips and tips from J.K. Rowling reveal all (almost) — including her opinion that finding an agent is preferable to approaching publishers [...]

Are you struggling to write your novel, query letter, or book proposal? Here are five tips for ending your writing procrastination, to help you stay focused and productive…and become the successful writer you’ve always dreamed of!
Before the tips, a quip:
“Procrastination is the fear of success,” says American motivational speaker Denis Waitley. “People procrastinate because they [...]

To be a successful writer, you need to identify and break your bad writing habits. These tips will help you achieve your writing goals – whether you want to sign on with a literary agent or write more regular blog posts!
Before the tips, a quip:
“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” – Richard [...]

How can belonging to a book club improve your writing skills? O, let me list the ways…
But first, a quip from Canadian icon, poet, and novelist Margaret Atwood:
“They [the book club members] are ready to reveal…their own reactions, their own biases and doubts and convictions, and above all their own tastes,” said Atwood. “The beauty [...]

The more writing you get done, the closer you are to achieving your goals as a writer! These tips for writing faster and better will help both experienced and novice writers:  freelancers, novelists, columnists, poets, bloggers, and even students working on research papers.
Before the tips, a quip: 
“All writers must go from now to once a upon a time; all [...]

Guest author Mark Richard Webb offers ten tips on achieving your writing goals and becoming a published author – his tips apply to everything from writing your first novel to pitching article ideas to magazine editors!
Before his tips, a quip:
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~ Confucius
Fellow scribes, you’ll [...]

These tips for avoiding writer’s burnout will help you recognize the best time to take a break from a hard day of writing (and let’s face it, fellow scribes: 15 minutes can feel like a day!).
This guest post from publication coach Daphne Gray-Grant offers three tips on taking a break from writing. First, here’s a quip [...]

This list of the best gifts for writers, poets, and published authors does not include books about writing (except for one reluctant one at the end)! Instead, it’s a round up of ideas for the writer in your life – whether you’re married to an unpublished poet or a published author celebrating her 52nd week on the [...]

These writing tools and habits for successful novelists are from New York Times bestseller Vicki Pettersson, who is working on her fourth book. She spoke at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference in British Columbia about writers’ self-sabotage, goals and habits.
Outwardly, Pettersson looks like a writing success. But, like most writers, she struggles with motivation, time, and energy. [...]