Tales From a NaNoWriMo Novice, Part 1

Say no to life more. This is not the month to live, it’s the month to write.
Shout and Murmur!

Oh, how differently this "Thank you" reads from the one earlier—how bitter, how nostalgic. And truly, who can’t feel the dejection in that pitiful send-off "best of luck"?
Literally Write What You Know (Figuratively)

That’s what “write what you know” really means. It means you should take a feeling, or a unique experience you’ve lived through—something that is quintessentially you—and put it on the page.
Joe Straynge is Dead

I was creating something so this skin could move through the world like a phantom. Something that would protect me as I hid beneath the surface of whatever I’ve become.
Writers Shouldn’t Have to Sell Our Souls

Writer’s lives are not clickbait, and they are not a work of fiction to be dramatized for effect.
Depression Bagel

Sadness is inherent to every seed. When the flowers come, they'll be for graves or grace. No one knows.
Rough Ride Over the Digital Rainbow

In proportion to every dolphin that she earned as a pet in Roblox, she produced one less poem, song, or picture in real life.
Positive Parenting Your Inner Writer

Do you give yourself "the talk"—that you're wasting your time, that you'll never be good enough, that your script will embarrass you, that you'll disappoint the people who read it?
Writer's Block? Your Workspace May Be the Cause

Having a psychologist in the family, I've long been aware of the tremendous impact one's environment has on everything from morale and mental wellbeing to the quality of one's work.
Let the Bad Times Roll

... there is nothing more cruel than spending an eternity subjected to never-ending positivity.
The Fear That Freedom Can Bring

My mentality was "I’m a fucking great writer," though I had no proof of that. That was my first mistake.
Synesthesia: The Strangely Normal Way of Seeing the World

Francesca Brigandy’s synesthesia allows her to visualize sounds as colors when listening to music, giving her a unique polychrome perspective.
Something Writers Can Look Forward To ... No One Knows Anything

Nothing is certain, so why not take the risk and be as bold or unusual or as personal as we want to be in whatever we are creating?