"Experiment.Make it your motto day and night.Experiment, and it will lead you to the light." That's Cole Porter's advice. He wrote the song...
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Better Writing: 2 Ways to Spark Inspiration
You need inspiration to do your best work. When you are inspired, you can get into the zone and produce good work. When you're not inspired, you...
ChatGPT Dos and Don’ts for Authors
Technology is neither good nor bad, but users make it so. Users always complete the innovation. When he invented the phonograph, Thomas Edison...
What you miss when ChatGPT writes your book
“Well, I guess you'll be out of a job soon!” Bill grinned and clapped me on the shoulder. “I guess people won't need help writing a book anymore....
Advice from the Writing Masters: James Clear
James Clear is the author of Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones. It's one of the best-selling...
Authors: 5 Benefits of Walking
Quick! What do Charles Dickens, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Albert Einstein have in common? They all loved to walk. So did Claude Monet, Ernest Hemingway,...
What you would do, begin it
“What you would do, begin it. Boldness has wonder, power, and magic in it.” There are several versions of that quote from Johann Wolfgang von...
3 Writing Books You May Not Have Heard Of
There are many books that can teach you how to write better. But most of the recommendations you will see are for books that are popular today. Here...
How to Write Simply
There are plenty of good reasons to write simply. But how do you do it? A little planning is a powerful thing Start with a little planning. Start by...
3 Reasons to Write Simply
I review manuscripts for legacy publishers. They want me to suggest ways the work can be improved. I recently reviewed a manuscript where the...