Tips for Productive Writing-Edited September 16, 2013

Tips for Productive Writing

Check out these tips for productive writing and see if any of them work for you. Here are a few more from a young blogger, check them out, too. 

In your groups write down the following:

After reading the tips our group basically felt the to write productively it boils down to ____________________________________.  

NOW:

Take a peek at the prompt or watch watch the video entitled, Avoiding the Pitfalls of Procrastination, by Miranda July. 

Answer: Highlight to see answer...Getting rid of your distractions and simply write.

If you'd like to checkout a previous writing prompt dealing with procrastination click here.

Now, stop procrastinating and Start Scribbling!

Happy Writing!

The Writing Whisperer

Believe In Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love, and the Power of the Written Word!

Neil Gaiman's 8 Rules of Writing and Margaret Atwood's 10 Rules of Writing

Neil Gaiman's 8 Rules of Writing and Margaret Atwood's 10 Rules of Writing

Neil Gaiman wrote: "Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving."

  Margaret Atwood recommends: "­Do back exercises. Pain is distracting."

Checkout Neil Gaiman's "8 Rules of Writing" and Margaret Atwood's "10 Rules of Writing" over at Brain Pickings.

Other Rules of Writing:

 Elmore Leonard's 10 rules of writing published in The New York Times 

Zadie Smith's 10 rules of writing

Ten Rules for Writing Fiction published in The Guardian

Let us know your rules of writing?  

Happy Writing!

The Writing Whisperer

Believe In Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love, and the Power of the Written Word!