by Karena Akhavein | Apr 26, 2022 | Writing Tips
How many times do you get a new story idea? All the time, right? Unless, of course you’re supposed to be thinking of one, and it’s urgent that you get one quickly. How many times does someone come up to you and say, “Oh you’re a writer? I had the...
by Karena Akhavein | Aug 24, 2020 | writing group conversations, Writing Tips
Can a white writer write a POC character? Can a cisgender writer write a trans character? How do I write a character with disabilities? How do I write a character of an age different than my own? This week in writing group, one of my writers posed a crucial...
by Karena Akhavein | Aug 22, 2020 | Writer's Life, Writing Tips
How to stop worrying about word count… while hitting your word count goals every time. If you’re a newer writer, or even a not-so new writer, you have at some point worried about your word counts. The anxiety over how many words we’ve managed to produce per day...
by Karena Akhavein | Jul 6, 2020 | Writing Tips
Brainstorming is magic. Hey writers, don’t you wish you had a super effective secret weapon that would push you through blocks? Something that could get you unstuck once and for all? Authors can get stuck in several spots in the writing process: -Plot -Storyline...
by Karena Akhavein | Jul 6, 2020 | Writing Tips
In writing group last week, we discussed the oft-cited advice to write what you know. Understandably, many new writers are baffled by the advice. Doesn’t writing only what you know severely limit what you can actually write? How about all of those of us who are...
