Reading like a writer

Being a new writer isn't easy. If you want to significantly improve your writing and learn from successful, published authors, you need to learn how to read like a writer.

Are you ready to create a life that makes more room for what you love? Check out these tips on how to live like a writer.

Using mentor texts to teach writer's craft and the writing decisions they make - the difference between reading like a reader and reading like a writer!

Are you an aspiring writer looking to take your skills to the next level? Have you ever dreamt of writing a book, becoming an accomplished writer, or simply writing to the best of your ability? Then read this article to discover the three clues that will help you know if you are a gifted writer! Discovering these clues can open the door to new possibilities and help you pursue your dreams. Even if you're not an amazing writer, you can still be a successful author!

If you want to know how to write a book with no experience, this post shows you exactly how to get started writing. Yes, even without a degree.

By Maria Popova "In Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (public library), Francine Prose sets out to explore “how writers learn to do something that cannot be taught” and lays out a roadmap to learning the art of writing not through some prescriptive, didactic methodology but by absorbing, digesting, and appropriating the very qualities that make great literature great — from Flannery O’Connor’s mastery of detail to George Eliot’s…

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You Know You’re A Writer When…

If you've ever asked yourself, "Am I a good writer?" then this post is for you. These 7 things tell the good writers from the bad.

We just made this little infographic to visualize the breakdown of using our novel writing roadmap to write a novel in one year.