Write Brain

The number one trait of writers who get published.

But how do you believe in them? I know the secret magic.

Why I think it's important to commit to an hour a day. Even if I'm not currently able to do that myself.

What helps you stay in the right head space for your writing and what--doesn't.

One of the most frequent problems I see in first chapters is flashbacks. Here's why I think you shouldn't do them there.

Sure, you can work on 10 things at once. Sure, that's not avoidance.

What Life Block is and why it's different from Writer's Block.

If you hate your book? Time to take some time off, if you possibly can.

Some extremely opinionated thoughts about how to decide what pov character/s to use and what tense is right.

I've lived at least 3 lives as a writer, and I describe my various schedules and goal-setting procedures in each of them, including in my life now where I have a full time 9-5 job to work around, as well as evening and weekend work as a writing mentor.

Why you should stop obsessing about the first page before you've done about 10 drafts. You're only going to know what the right first page is when all the other pieces are in place.

Some basics about the publishing world that I always get asked.

This little chat will make you EXCITED to work through the murky middle. It's all about the dark night of the soul and making things worse.

The 4 elements of a basic Book bible, and when you should start creating one.

When you write dialogue,  you need multiple layers. Here are what those layers are.

After helping hundreds of writers with books, here are the top 4 ways I suggest to fix plot, character, and other issues.

Not Writing? Here are some solutions to the top three problems keeping you from your writing.

One of the biggest things new writers forget to do is add emotional reaction for their character each time something happens. Without this, the reader won't have their own emotional reaction.

Starting in media res does NOT mean with a battle scene. Some thoughts on why.

Fiction or non-fiction, you need to write in scene to make it feel real to the reader and to make them remember it.