Category: Writing

When I stopped writing, my creativity ended. Initially, I had stopped because I was burned out. I didn’t realize that quitting completely would make the situation so much worse. What could have been a recoverable burnout ended up stretching into a several year period. Sure, I did heal. However, I made it unnecessarily difficult on […]

Writing exercises have been part of my creative life since I was in high school. I still remember the first one a teacher introduced me to—it was simple, unstructured, and eye-opening. Since then, I’ve leaned on exercises not just to spark creativity, but to refine my skills and help me transition into more focused writing […]

Writing can feel like a chore. Even the most prolific of writers can suddenly find themselves hitting a wall. Words can flow like magic one day, and the next, words can feel forced, or worse, blocks can appear. What happened when writing feels more like a chore? It can be stressful, especially if working on deadline […]

Back in 2002, I officially started my writing business. For the next decade, I made my money by selling the words I create. I had some high points (getting paid, being creative) and some low points (stifled creativity, selling my writing to whomever would pay for it). In the last few years of my career, […]

When writing content and posting it online, we have only a few seconds to hook a reader long enough to continue reading. In fact, we might not even a chance to hook them with the content. They likely already made a decision if they’ll read the whole article just from the title alone. Even if […]

When I first started writing, I didn’t know how important consistency was. I spent a lot of time planning, and very little time writing. As my career gained momentum, I wrote a lot- almost every day. It was only then that I realized that the more I wrote, the better I’d become. Getting into the […]

As a writer, I know how hard it can be to find ideas. Some days, they flow freely, other days, it’s a struggle. That’s why I’ve had to develop some tricks that will help the ideas flow. One way I find inspiration is by observing my real life. There’s so much inspiration all around us! […]

When I first learned how to write sentences and paragraphs, I knew I wanted to be a writer. I loved the written word so much that I wanted to express myself. I wrote my first essay soon after I made that declaration, and my first poem followed not long after that. I found that writing […]