ALWAYS Carry a Notebook

From my own personal experience, I cannot stress this writing tip enough. I don’t care how good your memory is: if you think of something, write it down. I don’t care how small or simple the idea seems at first glance: write it down. Ideas fly through our minds so quickly and furiously that if…

Starting Point

Quite often when we begin a story, even as the writer we may have no idea what direction it is going to take. Most of the time, we come up with a story because our imaginations have been suddenly sparked by an image, a situation, or even a feeling; only rarely do we have an…