Grammarly

MARCH 26, 2025

In this guide, youll discover 17 brainstorming techniques designed to help you generate, organize, and refine your ideas: Classic techniques like freewriting and mind mapping to get your creativity flowing. They help you tap into creativity, overcome writers block, and generate ideas freelywithout worrying about perfection.

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Backlinko

DECEMBER 27, 2024

It also generates outlines and creative content. Step 2: Generative AI Models Produce Content Once the system receives the users prompt, it uses machine learning models to generate content. These models train using libraries that may contain billions of pieces of existing content. Then, they use what theyve learned to generate new material.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 14, 2025

And learning to think more critically about how sound, tone, and narration work to carry a story is a worthwhile exercise for all writers. Ultimately, I think we as writers need to have a very broad view of what counts as reading. Also called Chasing Portraits , the film wasnt a replica of the book. Eventually, I had a manuscript.

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Enchanting Marketing

JANUARY 28, 2025

Even the most experienced writers have to stay vigilant and edit their drafts with a sharp knife and a selection of spices. Low nutritional value: Shes a successful writer. Red-cheeked and brimming with enthusiasm, you had written your first draft. You knew it was good. Editing is for tomorrow. Your writing sounds bland. What happened?

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Grammarly

MARCH 23, 2025

Brainstorming is a powerful way to spark creativity and generate ideas in the writing process. Whether youre working on a novel , an academic essay , or a blog , brainstorming helps you see your project from a new angle and break through creative roadblocks. For example: Fiction writers might use it to develop characters and plotlines.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

MARCH 28, 2025

And.Not.Stress.Out Lets be real, one of the toughest parts of being a freelance writer isnt the writing itself. That way, when famine hits, youve got a bit of a buffer, financially and creatively. Its the money rollercoaster. One month youre drowning in projects, the next youre refreshing your inbox like it owes you rent.

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Elna Cain

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

I’ve been a content writer for SaaS for almost a decade now… well, I mean, a freelancer, not just a writer. This was my first and only niche as a writer, and I must love it since I’ve stuck with it for all these years. It wasn’t until recently I noticed the rise of the B2B SaaS writer.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Photo by Edz Norton on Unsplash Today’s post is excerpted from Tarot for Storytellers: A Modern Guide for Writers and Other Creatives by Kris Waldherr. Stories help us make sense of our life, seek creative solutions, find connections, and to experience empathy for others. Published by Muse Publications LLC. I’m a storyteller.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 15, 2025

Photo by Masood Aslami Todays post is by writer and creativity coach Anne Carley ( @amcarley.bsky.social ) who believes#becomingunstuck is an ongoing process. As creative people we want to be aloneand sometimes need to be. One day, over coffee with a writer friend, I surprised myself and got into it. Were not alone.

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Creativity can feel a lot like those unreliable game cartridges. Every successful writer develops creative habits to help them get their version of Zelda back on the screen. Every successful writer develops creative habits to help them get their version of Zelda back on the screen. The Bad Idea Method is simple.

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Elna Cain

APRIL 5, 2023

Writing is a form of creativity, and as freelance writers, it’s our job to write compelling blog posts, white papers, case studies, or any content a client wants. But, really, it’s because I haven’t got the energy to write creatively. All that COGNITIVE LOAD drains me of my creativity.

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Kayleigh Moore

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Joan Didion Writing, specifically creative writing, is a path to better understanding yourself and your lens on the world. And I think most writers (and artists, in general) have this affliction. I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking: what I'm looking at, what I see, what it means, what I want, and what I fear.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Writers understand the subconscious mind and know you can often rely on it to deliver more elegant solutions than hard thinking. But I do believe in creative planning for authors, the kind of plan that recognises the power of the subconscious. Recent research and ancient wisdom about the creative process is now available to us all.

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Enchanting Marketing

MARCH 25, 2025

And their very last sentence encourages readers to implement their advice by telling them it’s not as hard as they might think: And most of the time we don’t even have to use much creativity to harness these powers—we just need to be ready to spot the good ones that life generates every day. Sound familiar?

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 13, 2025

Im a binge writer. My binge-writer friends with dogs and toddlers and aging parents try for a weekend or even an afternoon away from the house, with their phone off so they arent tempted to check in. But modeling dedication, focus, and commitment to a creative project is also good parenting! Ray Bradbury Write every day.

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Elna Cain

APRIL 1, 2024

Freelance writers are finding it more and more challenging having a sustainable living by writing for clients. Brady Dinkel is a freelance writer and he uses his freelance income to cover his backpacking trips. In their study, they discuss the major challenges freelancers face, which can be a helpful roadmap for new freelance writers.

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Jane Friedman

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Specifically, what is creative intuition for writers? Instead it was the thing that got me in trouble, even with my creative writing. Instead it was the thing that got me in trouble, even with my creative writing. Becca Syme in her book Dear Writer: Are You Intuitive? Dunno, feels right, I guess?

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Photo by Anna Shvets Todays post, the fifth in a series, is by writer and creativity coach Anne Carley ( @amcarley.bsky.social ), author of FLOAT Becoming Unstuck for Writers , now in its second edition. Most of us accept the basic reality: We draft and then we rewrite. Or like this?As It becomes more sane. You edit a sentence.

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 25, 2025

Weve come across many authors who believe that plot points amount to paint-by-numbers storytellingor that only genre writers need to worry about structure. Creativity in structure A significant part of a novels creativity lies in the manipulation of its structure, as we will see in the following examples.

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Enchanting Marketing

JANUARY 14, 2025

A spark transfers from you as writer to your readers. How to stay creative Creativity can seem fickle. Secondly, review what else is required to keep your creative soul happy. What feeds your creative soul? It’s just outside your comfort zone where you find your creative challenges and do your best work.

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Grammarly

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

You’ve encountered creative nonfiction countless times—in conversation, on social media, and on the written page, but could you define or explain it if asked? Grammarly helps you communicate confidently Write with Grammarly What is creative nonfiction? An effective creative nonfiction story both informs and entertains its readers.

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Express Writers

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Most of these are likely lacking one thing in common a dedicated business content writer. However, if youre currently getting your business content out by asking team members to wear a writers hat a few hours a week, these are challenging hurdles to clear.

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Jane Friedman

JULY 18, 2024

The home of Shakespeare and Dickens, Austen and the Brontës, George Eliot and Tennyson … the list is long with writers that the English-speaking literary world has long obsessed over. It’s the old right next to the new again—both wonderfully creative in their own right. The real reason is two-fold. First entry, 8:15 a.m.

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Enchanting Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The beauty of discomfort I like the creative part of me. Creative work is inherently scary. But even more so because creativity requires showing up and being vulnerable. Even worse, bullying myself almost caused a full-blown writers block. Do you recognize that feeling of relearning the same lessons? Here goes … 1.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 22, 2024

How can you balance self-care with achieving your creative goals. In April 2020, back in pandemic times, I talked to poet and creative coach Mark McGuinness about how to stay creative in difficult times. How can you create when there's an overwhelming list of things to do and too many competing priorities? It affects us.

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Jane Friedman

JULY 25, 2024

Writing takes an enormous amount of discipline, even for the most dedicated and productive writers. Even if you have not received a diagnosis of ADHD, you may be one of the many writers (like me) who struggle mightily to marshal your attention. For those living with ADD/ADHD, it can be especially challenging.

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ContentWriters

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Learning how to become the best content writer requires more than a computer and strong writing skills. With an average of more than 6 million posts published daily , the demand for exceptional content writers is high. Content writers create materials that inform, educate, or entertain specific audiences.

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 1, 2024

I offer three suggestions to assist new writers: Embrace It , Try It , and Maximize It. First, take a deep breath, and accept that you are a writer. If you write regularly and want to achieve the dream of being published, you simply must be prepared to tell the world you are a writer. Embrace it. Do I have a lot to learn?

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Jane Friedman

JUNE 25, 2024

One of the best pieces of advice for writers is to read as widely as possible, especially in your genre. For centuries, public libraries have made that goal for writers not just possible, but affordable. Beyond books, most public libraries offer additional services incredibly helpful to writers.

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Elna Cain

JANUARY 1, 2023

Many writers in my Writeto1k Facebook group are discussing intentions rather than resolutions. When starting as a beginner freelance writer , one thing that can help you stay on track and make a living is creating a client ladder. When you read more, you simply become a better writer overall. Was it just as wild as mine?

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Elna Cain

JANUARY 28, 2023

One of the best reasons I love about being a freelance writer is you can make up your own salary and rates. I know, budgets aren’t exactly the most exciting thing to talk about, but they are necessary; especially for a newer freelance writer. I wrote a post a while ago about how to manage your money as a new freelance writer.

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Jane Friedman

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

As a long-time workshop leader, I’m in awe of how some writers are masters at putting themselves on a path of creative self-destruction. As a writer myself, I watch them and think, Wow. After revisiting that book, it occurred to me that highly effective people and highly ineffective writers have a lot in common.

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Photo by Dennis Anderson on Unsplash Today’s post is by writer, editor, and book coach Jennifer Landau. According to writer Jessica Ciencin Henriquez, many effective personal essays follow a three-part structure: breaking point, back story, resolution. This format works well for memoir, too. Rushdie is nearly killed.

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Jane Friedman

JULY 31, 2024

Today’s post is excerpted from Tarot for Creativity: A Guide for Igniting Your Creative Practice by Chelsey Pippin Mizzi. In the early stages of building her business, she came to me to explore the ways that tarot could support and inspire her as a creative business owner. So, the Fool became Nina’s creative archetype.

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Jane Friedman

JUNE 9, 2023

What do you do when a teen in your life is a diehard writer? First off, congrats to any adult reading this who wants to support a young writer whether they are related or not. Here are some things we’ve learned from preteen and teen writers at our publishing camp on how to help them on the journey: 1. Jensen ( @KB_Jensen ).

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Enchanting Marketing

MARCH 7, 2023

Good writing is creative Creativity comes in many forms. Good writers don’t want to impress readers with their creativity and word wizardry. Creativity serves your reader. A good writer shows up in their writing When I read something good, I feel a connection with the author. Each word matters.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The Happy Writer: Get More Ideas, Write More Words, and Find More Joy from First Draft to Publication and Beyond is her latest book for authors. The Happy Writer: Get More Ideas, Write More Words, and Find More Joy from First Draft to Publication and Beyond is her latest book for authors. I always wanted to be a writer.

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