Category: Writing advice

• All Words are Good Words

  

  Just a little pep talk for myself and anyone else who needs it.

  Savannah Watson

  April 5, 2023

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  writing, Writing advice, Writing Process

• Inspiration

  

  Where does inspiration come from? I’m sure most creative people have wondered this at least once in their life. And I’m sure most people have their own opinion of where inspiration comes from. I used to think inspiration came almost exclusively from experiences, especially grand experiences. And as a young writer, that was terrifying since…

  Savannah Watson

  March 22, 2023

  writing, Writing advice, Writing Process

  writing, Writing advice, Writing Process

• Taking a Break Versus Losing Your Motivation

  

  We all need to take breaks. Breaks are important for mental, physical, and emotional health, as well as creativity. Sometimes, we know when we need a vacation. We feel tired, burnt out, and creatively spent. And sometimes, we don’t know – we just put out pens down quietly one day and don’t pick them up…

  Savannah Watson

  March 18, 2023

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  writing, Writing advice, Writing Process

• Write About What You Know… Research What You Don’t

  

  Writing about what you know is very important and can be very cathartic… but what about writing things you don’t know? View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

  Savannah Watson

  November 9, 2022

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  writing, Writing advice

• Setting Goals vs. Measuring Happiness on Goals

  

  Anyone will tell you that setting goals is incredibly important to success (in many, if not all, areas of life). So, it’s only logical to say that this works for writing as well. It’s great to set writing goals like how many words you want to write in one day, when you want draft one,…

  Savannah Watson

  October 12, 2022

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  writing, Writing advice

• When is it Okay to Give Up?

  

  As writers (and all people, really), we are told to always preserver. While this is very important, sometimes we get to a point when we wonder when it is okay to give up on a work in progress. View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

  Savannah Watson

  October 5, 2022

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  writing, Writing advice, Writing Process

• Writer’s Block

  

  Writer’s Block is defined by Merriam-Websters as “the psychological inhibition preventing a writer from proceeding with a piece”. All writers have experienced it, so how do we deal with it?View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

  Savannah Watson

  September 28, 2022

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  writing, Writing advice, Writing Process

• Working with The Muse

  

  The Muse is a mystical, wonderful, frustrating, difficult, and rewarding thing to work with, but how do we as writers work with The Muse? View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

  Savannah Watson

  September 21, 2022

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  writing, Writing advice, Writing Process

• The Blank Page

  

  The blank page is a blessing and a curse, depending on how the writer looks at it. In this post, I talk about why it is both for me and how to approach it.View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

  Savannah Watson

  September 7, 2022

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  writing, Writing advice, Writing Process

• Naming Works in Progress

  

  Creating a good title for a piece is a critical part of the writing process… and a skill I am not good at.View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

  Savannah Watson

  August 31, 2022

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  writing, Writing advice, Writing Process