Ashley Bartley
Diamond Rattle Loves to TattleJanuary 2, 2021
229: Submissions
229: Submissions
January 8, 2021
Be a Joyful Writer
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > As a writer who is trudging out of a tough year in publishing, one of my top goals for the coming year is to rediscover that joy, to return to my roots.…
Stay On Track With Your Goals
There’s rarely a direct path between setting a goal and achieving a goal. So, we’ve got tips and tricks to help you stay on track and get closer to success!
Hope: The Most Important Goal
Life can be hard and stifle our creativity but it’s during the hardest moments that we must keep the tightest hold on hope. Words every writer needs to hear.
Finding Your Time to Write
Struggling to find time to write? Time-management experts stress the need to MAKE time. Here’s how you can create a writing schedule that works for you.
Becoming a Fearless Writer
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > All of us struggle with fear. It’s natural. Rejection is painful, so we want to avoid it. As a writer, avoiding that fear usually means reducing the number of submissions we make, or submitting only to “safe” markets.…
Simple Goals that Lead to Writing Success
Small goals take a few minutes a day and can lead to writing success as they can help us improve our craft, complete projects, and gain personal satisfaction.
One Good Goal For All
When you work on improving your craft, you increase your chance for success with all of your other goals. Grab these tips to identify how to be a better writer.
A SMART Approach For Setting Goals
Take your writing to the next level with SMART goals. Ensure your writer plans for the year are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound.
Carla Sabotta
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.December 8, 2020
Making Goals In Uncertain Times
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > With publishing still adjusting to the results of a pandemic, there has never been a more important time to recognize that goal setting is all about planning for things you have the…
Set Goals for a Successful Writing Year
To get where we want to go as writers, we can set goals and work to achieve them. Victoria Sherrow shares ways to taking stock and setting achievable goals.
NaNoWriMo Success: You’re This Close – Institute for Writers
228: NaNoWriMo Success: You’re This Close
November 27, 2020
Kate Szegda
Pharmacy Girl: The Great War
November 27, 2020
Maybe What You Need Isn’t a Market
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Maybe It’s An Agent For writers with high concept books (works that can be summed up in a few, movie-poster type words) or who are writing primarily young adult novels, you may…
NaNoWriMo: The Home Stretch
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Hello NaNoWriMo-ers! You are word writing warriors. The end is in sight. Don’t slow down now. It’s almost over. By the end of today, you should have 40,008 words done on your novel. That’s fewer than 10,000 words…
NaNoWriMo Success – Throw in a Dragon ? – IFW
227: NaNoWriMo Success – Throw in a Dragon?
November 20, 2020
Finding Markets in Difficult Times
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > As with virtually every industry, publishing has faced new challenges during the pandemic, even though book sales have stayed strong (especially in children’s books). The issues aren’t with lack of sales, but…
NaNoWriMo: Synopsis and the Sagging Middle | IFW
Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Hello NaNoWriMo-ers! You are on the way. You’ve past the halfway mark of the month of November and are heading down the home stretch. How’s that for scary? (Or exciting!) By the end of today, you should have…
