With the fall school season underway, this seems like a good time to learn or practice a writing and self-editing skill. You may have heard the phrase, Show, don’t tell. It’s a helpful technique for strengthening your writing and engaging your reader. Let’s take a look.
Continue reading “Show, Don’t Tell: A Writing Technique that Immerses Your Reader in the Story”Shorter Days, Smaller Steps: Regaining Joy in Writing
The fall season has an interesting rhythm for writing. On one hand, we writers often feel energetic and ambitious as we take on new challenges. On the other hand, as days get shorter and temperatures cool, our bodies often feel like we’re slowing into pre-winter hibernation mode. How can we navigate the writing rhythm of fall?
Continue reading “Shorter Days, Smaller Steps: Regaining Joy in Writing”Embrace the Season: Fall Writing Moments Await
The fall season is slowly settling in. This is a great season to reflect and reset. It’s also a great time to renew your commitment to your writing project and look forward to cozy fall writing days. Pumpkin latte, fuzzy socks, comfy blanket to go with your writing time?
Continue reading “Embrace the Season: Fall Writing Moments Await”Writing Prompt: Back-to-School Letter for Future Generations
One of the fun things about writing family history is you can experiment with different writing formats. You can tell a family story by writing a poem or a song, describing a photo, sharing a recipe and the story behind it, creating a diary-style note, or writing a letter.
Today, we’ll look at a writing prompt for a seasonal letter you can write. This letter is partly an encouragement to future generations of your family, and it’s partly a way to share your own memories.
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Late summer is a time that invites reflection. Summer activities are winding down. Quiet moments linger. Families enjoy visits and reunions before the busy fall season gets underway. It’s a time filled with memories, old and new. As a writer, you’ll find late summer is an ideal time to capture memories before the season shifts into new fall activities.
Continue reading “Rediscover, Reflect, Remember: Writing Memories Old and New”Simple Self-Editing Step: Adverbs
Self-editing is a helpful practice for writers. Self-editing helps you grow as a writer. Through self-editing, you will discover areas for self-improvement that you can work on as you write your rough drafts.
Continue reading “Simple Self-Editing Step: Adverbs”A Fresh Season for Your Writing: Choose One Small Thing to Grow
Back-to-school season is upon us. Maybe you’ve got plans to start working on a writing project, like a book or blog. Or maybe you’ve already started and hope to keep your progress going through the fall season.
The dilemma often comes up: How can I grow as a writer while keeping my project going? It seems there’s not enough time for all of it. How do I choose?
What if I tell you it’s possible to do both without overwhelm?
Continue reading “A Fresh Season for Your Writing: Choose One Small Thing to Grow”Your Writing Voice Is Already in You
You may have heard the term “writing voice” and wondered what it is and how to find it. Good news: You don’t have to go looking for your writing voice. It’s already in you.
Your writing voice can be heard in the way you talk, think, and tell stories. It’s uniquely yours. You don’t have to change how you communicate to find your writing voice. You just have to write like you.
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Writing a book begins with small steps. As you practice writing smaller pieces, the bigger project starts to come together. A writing prompt—where you write in response to a particular question or topic—can help you gain momentum.
Have you ever tried writing in response to a writing prompt? It’s good practice, it exercises your writing muscles, and it can often lead to insights for your book. I’m going to share one today that you can try.
Continue reading “Writing Prompt: A Childhood Summer Memory”Want to Share Your Story? You’re Ready
A client recently told her neighbor she was working on her second book. The neighbor looked at her in awe and said, “How long have you been a writer?”
That question stuck with me. I could see the neighbor thinking that writing a book required special training. That it wasn’t something as simple as sharing stories to encourage others—something the neighbor probably does every day.
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Janet Eriksson 