Some days you can be inspired by so many things that you can write about and then have to choose what you want to write and how much you want to write. That is a great time for you to jot yourself a few notes about the topics so you can pick one out to write about later [...]
Today I saw some absolutely beautiful scenery as I was visiting in a near by state to where I live. It was one of those a picture is worth a 1000 words kind of experience. However, it occured to me that it would be a great writing exercise to explain what I saw and felt [...]
Go on a treasure hunt through one of your favorite books. Look for riveting first sentences, outstanding adjectives and physical descriptions. See what it is about these things that caught your attention and take some notes about how you might use these strategies in your own writing. Inspiration is all around us but unless you [...]
When you have read a great story have you noticed that everything comes together at the end? The plot makes sense, the story is pulled together and all of the parts added to the end result. Taking all of the parts I have encouraged you to put into your file and save for story material, [...]
As you are going to events, shopping or watching tv, you will hear great stories and bits of stories that you can use in your own fiction or non fiction stories. Take a small notebook with you and jot down, as you can, the parts that you could add to your file for possible ideas [...]
Occasionally there are things that happen in life that seem unfair and very underhanded. You can take those events and use them in your stories to enhance what you are having your characters experience. This will make your story more believable and many people will be able to connect with your character(s) and what [...]