by Deanne Adams | confident writing, improving your writing skills, Mentoring for Writers, story writing |
I’m Deanne. I’m a writer and I’m not normal. This is not a confession: it’s a boast. I suspect you’re not normal either. Congratulations. I wouldn’t mind guessing that you haven’t finished any of the stories you started. One didn’t work so you quit and started...
by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, improving your writing skills, story writing |
Writing only one piece of fiction keeps you from growing. And while you’re not growing, there are people who are publishing books that are worse than yours. They’re writing blogs online. Sharing their flawed stories. Making money. They’re getting...
by Deanne Adams | Book Forge, Events, improving your writing skills, Mentoring for Writers |
With the new year fast approaching, it’s the perfect time to start thinking about new writing goals for 2025. But before we do that, let’s take a moment to appreciate how far we’ve come. I’ve been reflecting on the many exciting projects...
by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, improving your writing skills, Mentoring for Writers |
You can’t just abandon your idea, can you? Do you find yourself wishing that you’d started writing a different story when you’re too invested in the first idea to quit? You know how it goes. You have this brilliant idea for a story that you’re...
by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, confident writing, improving your writing skills |
How to break free from the habits that hold you back as a writer Self sabotage. It’s the worst enemy of any creative person, especially a fiction writer. You have a deadline, a project, a goal, but you can’t bring yourself to work on it. You find excuses,...
by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, Book Forge, improving your writing skills |
Hazel and I have something special to share with you… We’ve just launched our channel on Patreon as content creators! Here, we’ll talk more about writing fiction novels and stories. For those new to Patreon, it’s an online platform where creators...