Writing Advice

Writing advice from authors

Get practical writing advice that will help you become a better writer. Level up your writing skills and get top tips on how to build a fanbase with our expertly written guides.

This resource features quick tips for beginner writers, bloggers, authors, and poets who want to improve their writing skills. You’ll learn what good writing is and how to conquer problems like writer’s block.

Check out our guide with interesting words for poets to create vivid and emotive poetry. We’ve also got a step-by-step guide on how to write a coming-of-age story, perfect for wannabe fiction authors.

Don’t forget to read our guide on direct and indirect characterization!

Terrible Writing Advice

Terrible Writing Advice: 21 Common Mistakes You Must Avoid

I’ve collected lots of terrible writing advice over the years from talks, seminars, courses, and books. It’s easy to find good writing advice for self-publishing, writing a book or earning more money as a freelance or nonfiction writer.  But what about terrible writing advice? What bad advice should you avoid if you want to become […]

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Book promotion Strategies

6 Effective Book Promotion Strategies for Indie Authors

You’ve put a lot of effort into writing your book and now want to use book promotion strategies that work. Or perhaps you submitted your book to hundreds of publishers and received many rejections and have decided to self-publish. (Fear not: Even J.K. Rowling got more than 200 rejections before a publisher took a chance.)

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