Friday prompts for weekend writing.
Confession time. I haven’t remained faithful in posting blogs or Friday prompts. Hopefully, you began 2023 faithful to writing times anyway. If not, no better time to correct course than today. And with that… What if you had no constraints…
Ending 2022 well can help propel you to a successful 2023. As a final prompt of the year, try this. Assess your writing during 2022. Write down accomplishments and what you did well. Looking back, record one to five things…
Most authors struggle with marketing, perhaps because most of us have introverted personalities and don’t normally share much of anything with others. However, we understand that if we want to sell books, we must market them. For today’s prompt, take…
Who said? …you can’t write. …you can’t get published. …you aren’t good enough. …you can’t succeed. …you can’t market. …you can’t find time. …you can’t (fill in the blank). Often, the who said ends up being our negative inner voice.…
Who do we thank for our many blessings? And why do we celebrate Christmas? For today’s Fridy Prompt Me, consider the deeper meanings of the holiday season. What changes might you need to make to embrace a more meaningful season…
As writers, we all need encouragement. I look forward to #Writers in the Field this weekend, so in celebration of a hopeful epic return, today write a detailed experience you had at a conference, workshop, or writing group that kept…
Have you ever read a book, even a bestseller or classic, and thought, “I can write better than that.” It happens. Best-selling authors don’t always write best. And what worked in classic books may not work in modern times. For…
Ever think about cliches? Any time around writers comes with the admonish not to use cliche phrases. I agree. Why do we want to sound like other writers by using the same tired phrases everyone uses? But what of cliche…
Do you insult your readers with redundancy? Usually, we see this when an author tells something and then shows it, or vice versa. If you must add more to a wonderful showing sentence, try adding the impact of the event…