During this time of year you’re probably busy with family and friends, celebrating the holidays. With merriment and socializing, however, also comes stress as you wistfully look at your laptop and wonder, “When am I going to get back to writing?” My approach is to stop fighting the holidays, embrace them, and take an hour […]
Category: Freelance Writing
When do you Need a Copyright?
Many writers take ownership over their work; our writing is our personal treasure stash that we are willing to share with the world. But how do we share it? We need protection, right? Well, here’s a question that I wish more writers would consider: When do I need a copyright? First, a caveat. I am […]
Don’t Rely on History : Freelance Writing Tip #34
If you’re writing an article, novel, or game, sometimes you will want to utilize historical-based people, places or events to fuel your creativity and your ideas. While history offers you something invaluable–a focused area for you to research–writing historical fiction, non-fiction, or games can be problematic depending upon what your intent is. For example, is […]
Freelance Writing Tip #29: Write Children’s Books
One of the hardest things to do to boost your creativity–regardless of what project you’re working on–is to write for kids. While some may claim it’s easy, try stripping out all the prepositional phrases, verb clauses, pronouns, punctuation and still have a story. Writing engaging children’s material–whether or not your goal is to get published–can […]
Freelance Writing Tip #28: Change Your Setting
Writing can be very boring work; especially if it becomes very mechanical when you’re not interested in the subject matter. One of the ways around this is to physically change your writing setting; take a pen, paper and notebook if you’re a cyber-nut, move to a coffee shop with free internet access or a bookstore […]