#writing-advice

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SO soren mckenzie

I Stopped Trying to Sound Smart, and My Writing Finally Started Reaching People

Why Short Sentences Can Be More Powerful Than Long Ones

Jul 15, 2026 · 5 min read · 55 claps paywalled #writing-tips #english-writing #writing-advice

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GI Giovanna E Fregni · New Writers Welcome

ALCS: A Passive Income Source for Authors

You may be able to collect royalty payments from “secondary uses” of your work

Jul 13, 2026 · 3 min read · 96 claps paywalled #writing #writing-income #passive-income

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KR Kristin Austin · Writers’ Blokke

Lessons From Writing A Novel

10 things you’ve not thought of if you’re still thinking about it

Jul 08, 2026 · 9 min read · 50 claps paywalled #writing-advice #writers-on-writing #life-lessons

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JO Jonathan Townend, RMN - Editor

The Psychology of Reader Trust: Why Some Writers Instantly Feel Credible, And Others Don’t

Understanding the invisible mental process that decides whether a reader believes you, doubts you, or quietly walks away

Jul 06, 2026 · 6 min read · 70 claps paywalled #writing #writing-advice #psychology-of-writing

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VA Val Andrews

How to Turn Your Expertise into a Nonfiction Book with Shape, Purpose, and Flow

Many people begin a nonfiction book by trying to create a table of contents. They open a blank document, list everything they know, divide…

Jul 06, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #writing-tips #creative-nonfiction #book-writing-tips

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IS Isabella · Short. Sweet. Valuable.

A Few Lines Still Count as Writing

Why small writing sessions matter more than you think

Jul 06, 2026 · 2 min read · 232 claps paywalled #writng #writing-advice #creative-process

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ES Esmeralda Hawkins

Which Novel Writing Software Is Write for You? A Writer’s Guide to the Best Tools

If you’re a writer, then chances are you’ve heard the same advice more than once: Just write.

Jul 06, 2026 · 3 min read · 3 claps #writers-on-writing #writing-advice #scrivener

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DR Dranéa · ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR

How to Transform Your Writing — Part 2

When Mental Noise Becomes Writing Clarity

Jul 02, 2026 · 2 min read · 50 claps paywalled #writing #writing-advice #creative-process

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IS Isaiah Waard

Taking Advice

Beloved readers, and tolerated passersby, allow me to introduce to you “✨ Waard’s Workshop✨ ”. An alliterative excuse to talk to you about…

Jul 01, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #creativity #writing #creative-process

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IS Isabella · Short. Sweet. Valuable.

You Don’t Need Momentum to Write

What it means to write when nothing is building

Jul 01, 2026 · 1 min read · 119 claps paywalled #writing #writing-advice #creative-process

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GE Gerald Snarold

SEVEN Super Crazy Incredible Writing Prompts I’ve Been Carefully Concocting Since Birth

Use these prompts if you prefer writing success over catastrophic failure.

Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #satire #humor #humorous

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IS Isabella · Short. Sweet. Valuable.

You Can Return to Writing Without Resetting Everything

Why you don’t need to start over every time you stop writing

Jun 29, 2026 · 1 min read · 114 claps paywalled #writing #writing-advice #creative-process

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AP Apurva Khadye

Writing Like ‘Possum’

7 Timeless Lessons Every Writer Can Learn from T. S. Eliot

Jun 29, 2026 · 4 min read · 10 claps paywalled #ts-eliot #writing-tips #writers-on-medium

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IS Isabella · Long. Sweet. Valuable.

How to Keep Writing When You Don’t Feel Inspired

Writing becomes easier when you continue to return to it

Jun 22, 2026 · 2 min read · 233 claps paywalled #writing #writing-advice #creativity

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NE Nell

How To Tell If Your Character Is Useless

Sometimes, you put a character in a story and think they are essential, only for them to be useless to the story. We have done it several…

Jun 17, 2026 · 4 min read · 4 claps #writing #writing-tips #character

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NI Nicole Cheng

My Tip on Success in Writing

My top tip on reaching success in writing is tenacity and patience.

Jun 17, 2026 · 3 min read · 32 claps paywalled #writing #writing-tips #writing-advice

IS Isabella · Short. Sweet. Valuable.

When You Want to Write but the Words Won’t Come

Sometimes the idea appears after you begin writing

Jun 17, 2026 · 2 min read · 100 claps paywalled #writing #creativity #writing-advice

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IS Isabella · Long. Sweet. Valuable.

How to Start Writing When You Don’t Know Where to Begin

The first sentence rarely arrives with certainty

Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min read · 250 claps paywalled #writing #writing-advice #creativity

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CH Chris McCumskey · Big List Energy

Need Some Inspiration? Look No Further

Five suggestions that might just help

Jun 14, 2026 · 2 min read · 195 claps paywalled #reading #writing #inspiration

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BO Bob Withers

A Preposition is a Bad Thing to End a Sentence On

This Is a Myth You Shouldn’t Fall For

Jun 10, 2026 · 9 min read · 0 claps paywalled #writing #grammar #language

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LI Livvy Skelton-Price · Write A Catalyst

Essential Writing Tips for New Authors

Read these tips to get you started!

Jun 08, 2026 · 3 min read · 50 claps paywalled #writing #writing-tips #writing-advice

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CN C.N. Husnul Izzati 이혜수

Kilau di Dalam Toples | 병(甁) 속의 성진(星塵): 사소함이 빚어낸 소우주

세상은 저마다 더 나은 내일이라는 허상(虛像)을 좇아 앞만 보고 질주하느라 분주하기만 합니다.

Jun 08, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #prosa #poetry #motivation

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LE LeDavid DeLouis

You Should Serialize Your Nonfiction

Here's why and how to.

Jun 06, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #nonfiction #nonfiction-books #serialization

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SA Sanchari Pait

The ONLY Writing Advice You Should Take

If you’re new to writing online, this is GOLD

Jun 05, 2026 · 2 min read · 155 claps paywalled #writing-advice #writing-tips #new-writers-welcome

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LI Lindsy Anderson · Practice in Public

Four Ways Procrastinating Can Feel Productive When Writing

And four tips for overcoming this

Jun 01, 2026 · 5 min read · 153 claps paywalled #writing #writing-tips #procrastination

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NI Nicholas

How I make a story to approach a story.

You are not writing to perfect but to tell.

May 23, 2026 · 4 min read · 62 claps #writing #stories #writing-advice

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BR Brian Rouff

Seven Simple Rules

I just finished up a big rewriting assignment for a first-time author. While his manuscript was excellent for a novice, I spent most of my…

May 12, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #writing #writing-advice #editing

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DA David B. Clear · The Writing Cooperative

Writer’s Block Is Easier to Fix Than You Think

Your brain is full. It just needs to be prompted.

May 08, 2026 · 9 min read · 537 claps paywalled #oh-so-clear #writing-advice #writers-block

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JU Justiss Goode · Daily Justiss

Spotlight on Writer Justiss Goode and Amazon Self Published Books

A shameless display of some of my very best writing resource publications and more

Apr 19, 2026 · 4 min read · 28 claps #justiss-goode #resources #writing-advice

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SE seaphylla · Write A Catalyst

The Comp Title Problem

Most querying writers know they need comp titles. Very few understand what comp titles are actually for.

Apr 01, 2026 · 2 min read · 10 claps #write-a-catalyst #query-letters #publishing

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BR Brainstreams

How to Write Pain

I have never been shot. I have never broken a bone. I have never been in a car wreck. At worst, I have stubbed my toe on a table leg —…

Dec 13, 2025 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #writing-tips #writing-help #fiction-writing-advice

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PA Patricia Minson aka Grey Hen With A Pen

You’ve Been Reading Poetry Wrong Your Whole Life

Learn to read with your pulse, not your brain.

Oct 23, 2025 · 3 min read · 71 claps paywalled #poetry #writing-advice #poetry-on-medium

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HE HEMRAJ SINGH · ILLUMINATION

Sell Words Better — Here Is How

How to write better and make more money.

Aug 19, 2025 · 7 min read · 45 claps paywalled #paid-writing #writing-well #making-money

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TR Travis W. King

Cher’s Memoir Sucks, Here’s Why…

Lessons in writing from a bad memoir that should have been great

May 05, 2025 · 5 min read · 161 claps paywalled #cher #memoir #writing-advice

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CE Cesar Aguirre · Readers Club

Writing Isn’t Something That Only “Writers” Do

Five lessons from Writing to Learn by William Zinsser

Feb 02, 2025 · 2 min read · 14 claps #writing #writers-on-writing #books-on-writing

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FR Fred Stesney

Semi-Autobiographical Fiction: Keeping It Real and Readable

Semi-Autobiographical Fiction: Keeping It Real and Readable

Jan 20, 2025 · 3 min read · 0 claps #fiction-writing #semiautobiographical #writing-advice

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SO soren mckenzie

Common Pitfalls in Essay Writing and How to Avoid Them

Turn Your Essays from Meh to Marvelous!

Dec 30, 2024 · 5 min read · 112 claps paywalled #essay-writing-tips #avoid-writing-mistakes #writing-advice

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DA DANIEL CRAIN · Quietly Still Here

Value How You Deliver Content So Your Readers Keep Coming Back

Value Your Readers’ Time & Attention

Dec 15, 2024 · 2 min read · 38 claps paywalled #writing #writing-advice #writing-on-medium

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JU Justiss Goode · Daily Justiss

My 5-Step Process Helped Me Write and Publish Over 1,700 Stories So Far!

Do you want to know my strategy for being such a prolific Medium writer?

Dec 01, 2024 · 7 min read · 36 claps #strategy #productive #tips

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TA T. A. Tennant

Learning to Show, Not Just Tell

One of the hallmarks of strong writing, especially in analysis, is the ability to “show” ideas rather than simply “tell” them. When we…

Nov 02, 2024 · 5 min read · 0 claps #showing #telling #writing

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JU Julia Amante - Fiction author, Speaker, Mentor. · Wise Writer Musings

Awareness Before Creativity

Imagine finding inspiration by embracing the ordinary

Feb 07, 2024 · 4 min read · 114 claps paywalled #creativity #awareness #writing-tips

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JU Justiss Goode · The “Meta” Fix

Why is EVERYONE Sleeping on this Valuable Feature on their Profile Page?

I already shared the story but I still can’t believe what I’m finding!

Feb 03, 2024 · 6 min read · 266 claps #writing-advice #profile #features

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KR Kristin Melville | Book Coach

Rate of Revelation, aka The Best Writing Advice You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Slow pacing in your novel? Here’s a little known trick to improve your writing forever.

Sep 07, 2023 · 6 min read · 0 claps #writing-advice #fiction-writing-advice #novel-pacing

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MA Mads (Words By Mads)

What I Do When I Am In A Writing Slump

Writing is a creative process, and like all creative processes, it can be a rollercoaster ride. Sometimes, the words flow effortlessly, and…

Apr 03, 2023 · 3 min read · 637 claps #writing-slump #writing-process #writing-advice

JU Justiss Goode · The “Meta” Fix

Discover How Easy It is To Schedule Your Online Stories!

Do you want to schedule stories so you can publish every day?

Dec 20, 2022 · 1 min read · 158 claps #schedule #scheduling #writing-advice

JU Justiss Goode · The “Meta” Fix

I Created An Awesome Cheat Sheet to Help Me When FORMATTING Stories!

Do you make yourself short cuts to help you write and format your stories?

Dec 19, 2022 · 6 min read · 618 claps #cheatsheet #formatting #writing-advice

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LA Laura Graves · The Writing Cooperative

Keeping Romance Interesting

Examining the Love Genre Conventions that make your story about more than the Happily Ever After

Apr 05, 2022 · 5 min read · 351 claps paywalled #romance #writing-advice #story-grid

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JU Justiss Goode · Daily Justiss

Don’t Forget about these Stories that Offer Useful Writing Tips

How many of these stories did you discover were actually helpful?

Feb 08, 2022 · 2 min read · 225 claps #weekly-story #writing-tips #writing-advice