How would you tie the following 1o words together in a short story? Doughnut Philosophy No-Brainer Apartment Heaven Premiums Trucker Freedom Every other Friday Scaffolding This is what other writers did with the words. If you read either Writer Dad or Blogger Dad, then you’ve probably already read about the Creative Copy Challenge, the latest site to [...] Read more »
The 7 Sins of Writing
Earlier this year, Sonia Simone wrote an awesome post over at Copyblogger, “The Seven Deadly Sins of Blogging.” I’ve taken Sonia’s lessons from that post, tweaked them specifically to online writers, then packaged them neatly into verse. The 7 Sins of Online Writing There are 7 Sins of Writing which are wrapping up the Net, [...] Read more »
Dear Stephen King
Dear Uncle Stevie, Though I’m specifically putting fingers to keyboard to thank you for the amazing toolkit for wordsmiths that is “On Writing,” I also wanted to give my gratitude for a lifetime filled with your words and worlds. The first book I remember reading was The Hobbit. Not that Grover’s, “There’s a Monster at [...] Read more »
Your Vegas Questions Answered!
Yes, I’m still running far, far behind and this week probably won’t help much since I’m heading to the 140 Character Conference on Twitter in Los Angeles on Tuesday and Wednesday. However, I know you are curious about the happenings in Vegas and I am eager to share. For the sake of both brevity and [...] Read more »
The 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Blogging
Letter to myself: July 16, 2008 Dear Sean, Congratulations on starting your site tomorrow and best of luck! Great job snagging the name Writer Dad. Though you probably won’t believe it right now, I promise it’s way better than all the other domains you were considering. Not only is it good for branding (don’t worry, [...] Read more »
Fear, the Ultimate Foe of Creativity and Success
What is the one thing holding you back from finishing that book, opening that business or pursuing some creative idea you’ve been sitting on for far too long? If you said, fear, you’re not alone. Most people are afraid of failing. So afraid, they never really start. I lived much of my life in fear. [...] Read more »
At Long Last, Link Love
By Dave and Sean: We don’t link enough. If you ask Sean, it’s Dave’s fault, but Dave swears it’s Sean (and since I, Dave, am editing, yes it is all Sean’s fault). Truth is, we’re both Sean is guilty. We get so tied up in our future plans, our work, our book and our blah [...] Read more »
You Can Make a Living Online as a Writer
If you have always longed to see your words in print but have never wanted to fight with the old guard gatekeepers of the publishing industry, you have found yourself in the perfect place and time in history to make your dreams come true. Even if you have no desire for publication, but would love [...] Read more »
What’s Happening Here? The Collective Inkwell Story Prompt.
I like to watch people. Okay, that probably sounded kinkier than planned, but that’s okay, we’re all friends here. The point is, I love people watching. One of my favorite places to have done this was New Jersey, where I saw a wider variety of people than I’d ever seen before. It was a people [...] Read more »
What are your best writing tips?
Do you recall your first attempts at professional writing? I’ll bet you cringe a bit, right? I know I do. I recently found a rough draft of a story I wrote when I first started my job as a reporter. My editor had returned the draft back to me with so much red, you’d think [...] Read more »
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