Category: Tips

Clearing your mind of day-to-day activities before settling to write will help you get into the writing zone.

This Writing Tip relates to Blog ~ The Writing Zone and Exercise #24 ~ Clearing The Mind.

Don’t give up when you get derailed. Review, reassess and refocus…

This tip relates to Blogs ~ Are You On Track? Reinforcing Your Goals, and Lesson Learned… Also Tip #19 and Exercise #23.

Ask the right questions at the right time, of the right person… including yourself.

This tip relates to ~ Blogs Pondering Questions and Asking Questions, and Exercises # 21 Questions and Writing and # 22 Interview Questions.

Read books that will inspire you to write books.

Regular reviews of your writing goals will increase your opportunities for success.

This Writing Tip relates to my Blog ~ Are You On Track?

Re-connecting with your past can be the impetus for future writing.

This Writing Tip is related to Writing Exercise #18 ~ Drawing On Past Connections and Blog ~ Reconnecting.

Dig deeper into your photographs for more inspiration.

This Writing Tip is related to Writing Tip #16, Writing Exercise #16~ Journey Into A Photograph, Writing Exercise #17~ Take Five Words, and Blog ~ Hidden Stories Lurk In Photograph Albums.

Every picture tells many stories.        

This Writing Tip is related to Writing Exercise #16

Consider national holidays and celebrations as a source of inspiration for your writing, and as prompts for your Ideas Folder. For example, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Volunteers’ Day, Anzac Day, Christmas, Easter, and so on…

This Writing Tip is related to Blog Writer’s Block – Part B, Writing Tip #14 and Writing Exercise #15

Keep an ideas folder for inspiration when you’re ready to write, but both the page in front of you and your mind are blank.