For some reason, the Hatfields and the McCoys have set aside their differences and started brewing, and running, moonshine together.…
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Continue ReadingFiction Writing Prompt: Missing or Abducted
You can title this Missing, Abducted or whatever you like. A teenager goes missing on the way home from school.…
Continue ReadingFiction Writing Prompt: Sundown
This is a story starter. Simply take what’s here and finish the story. Remember, you can change the names…
Continue ReadingDealing With Focus & Productivity Issues: Part 6
You probably already know how hard it is to focus on your fiction writing at times. Maybe you have trouble…
Continue ReadingFiction Writing Prompt: OCD Lunch
If you’ve seen the movie As Good As it Gets with Jack Nicholson, then you already have an idea of…
Continue ReadingExercises to Improve Focus & Productivity: Part 5
When TV newscaster Diane Sawyer was asked the secret to her success, she said, “I think the one lesson I’ve…
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You’d be surprised by how many people lose track of where their time goes. They might think they are focused…
Continue ReadingFiction Writing Prompt: Alien Checkers
Here’s a cute writing prompt you can have some fun with. It can be written as a children’s story or…
Continue ReadingTips to Improve Focus for Better Writer Productivity: Part 3
Maybe you want to focus on a single task, but find yourself easily distracted. You find it difficult to focus…
Continue ReadingMultitasking Does Not Help Writer Productivity: Part 2
In my last post, Increasing Your Focus for Better Writing Productivity, I discussed the importance of being focused and how…
Continue ReadingIncreasing Your Focus for Better Writing Productivity: Part 1
Hey guys, In past careers I was a freelance writer, a virtual assistant, a PLR store owner and creator. I…
Continue ReadingFiction Writing Prompt: The Photographer
A photographer is out shooting pictures in a park one day–just random shots, not even trying to get the perfect…
Continue ReadingHaving Observation Skills Can Boost Your Creativity
Writer’s are notorious for being people watchers, but sometimes we do get busy and stop paying attention to the world…
Continue ReadingFiction Writing Prompt: The Collector
A man collects junk and surrounds his house with ever expanding bands of junk. However, inside his house is another…
Continue ReadingCan’t Focus on Your Writing? It’s a Great Time to Brainstorm New Story Ideas
Hey Writer! At the time of this post the world is very different than it was a week ago. We’re…
Continue ReadingStarting the Non-Fiction Side of Writing Fiction, Again
Wow! It’s been a long time since I’ve written content about writing fiction. I pretty much shut down all my…
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