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Successfully Facing Writing Feedback

Successfully Facing Writing Feedback

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueAugust 30, 20232 Comments

Writers can get defensive when getting critiques of their work. Create a plan for writing feedback from editors and critique partners and be a better writer.

Are You Willing to Learn

Are You Willing to Learn?

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueAugust 24, 20233 Comments

To become a better writer, you must be willing to learn. Let’s put our own knowledge aside and let the professionals show us how to improve our skills today.

Learning to Write for Publication

Learning to Write for Publication

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueAugust 17, 20231 Comment

Learning to write for publication starts with getting your brain on board. Time to figure out where you are, where you want to go, and how to get there.

Learning to Write Getting Past the Fear

Learning to Write: Getting Past the Fear

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueAugust 6, 20233 Comments

Fear is a hindrance to your success, both in learning to write and in applying that learning. How can you overcome fear and keep moving? Let’s find out.

5 Ways to Start Fresh as A Writer During Back-to-School Season CORRECTED

5 Ways to Start Fresh as a Writer During Back-to-School Season

Writing for Adults BlogBy Kelli PaniqueAugust 6, 20232 Comments

Back-to-School season is the perfect time to reset and reevaluate your writing schedule and get a fresh start as a writer. Here are 5 ways to get started.

Building Writing Motivation Through the Hard Times

Building Writing Motivation Through the Hard Times

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMay 24, 20232 Comments

The writing journey isn’t always easy. How do you build writing motivation during hard times? How do you follow your creative dreams when it’s easier to quit?

Plotting Your Growth as a Writer

Plotting Your Growth as a Writer

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMay 16, 20233 Comments

It’s smart to look for productive methods to grow and improve your writing. Get inspired by what helped these published writers and enrich your writing skills.

Finding Your Why as a Writer

Finding Your Place as a Writer

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMay 11, 20232 Comments

Writing isn’t one-size-fits-all. For each of us, there is a genre that fits best with our interests and abilities. Today we are finding your place as a writer.

Finding Your Why as a Writer

Finding Your Why as a Writer

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueMay 5, 20232 Comments

Why are you a writer? Knowing your why as a writer can help you get writer’s block and rejection. Let’s talk about what motivates you to write.

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Choosing Your Writing Word of the Year-Institute for Writers

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 26, 2023Leave a comment

One way of thinking about what you most want out of the year is by choosing a writing word of the year. What’s a word that encapsulates your goals this year?

5 Tips for Planning Your Writing Goals

5 Tips for Planning Your Writing Goals

Writing for Adults BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 24, 20231 Comment

Any day can be a restart—not just January 1st. You can revisit your writing goals daily, monthly, or quarterly. Let’s look at 5 tips for SMART writing goals.

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3 Steps to Becoming a Positive Writer

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 18, 20231 Comment

Negativity can deplete your creativity and energy. Today, let’s look at practical ways you can be a more positive writer—even in the face of rejection.

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Becoming a Healthy Writer

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 11, 20236 Comments

The physical act of writing can be hard on our bodies. One goal for the new year is to become a healthy writer, physically, and emotionally. Join us on the journey.

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New Year, New Writing You

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueJanuary 5, 20236 Comments

Welcome to a new writing year! It’s time to grow in your writing and Jan Fields reveals how to do that through new attitudes, new goals, and new habits.

New Writing Plans for the New Year

New Writing Plans for the New Year

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 28, 20222 Comments

When you plan and break things into steps, you know what needs to be done next. Let’s look for positively motivating steps when making our new year’s writing plans.

The “Ghosts of Writing” Past, Present, and To Come

The “Ghosts of Writing” Past, Present, and To Come

Writing for Adults BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 27, 2022Leave a comment

Imagining a personal Scrooge-like journey can help us make choices for a brighter future in the new writing year. So, what are the Ghosts trying to tell you?

Your Writing Year in Review

Your Writing Year in Review

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueDecember 8, 20221 Comment

As you review your writing year, the only way to know where you are and where you’re going is to focus on what you did accomplish, not what you didn’t.

A New View of Your Writing Time Investment

A New View of Your Writing Time Investment | IFW

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 10, 20221 Comment

Today we consider how investing in your writing time leads to success—even if the piece you’re currently working on doesn’t ever get published.

Is NaNoWriMo for You

Is NaNoWriMo Right for You?

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueNovember 3, 2022Leave a comment

It’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Part experiment, part personal challenge, writing a novel in a month is an eye-opening experience.

Rediscover Your Writing Passion

Rediscover Your Writing Passion

Writing for Children BlogBy Kelli PaniqueOctober 13, 20223 Comments

Whenever we take a break from writing, it can be difficult to get back in the groove. Will we ever get it back? Let’s talk about ways to rediscover your writing passion.

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