Note: On August 18, 2022, Google announced the Helpful Content Update. This update seems to specifically target AI-generated content. Google has made repeated statements about how it favors content written by humans, for humans. If you are using artificial intelligence to write website content, you may want to reconsider this approach in order to stay … Continue reading Will AI Replace Content Writers? Not Anytime Soon.
No matter what field or profession you are in, good writing skills are always an asset. Many people can excel in writing and distinguish themselves that way, but not everyone fully utilizes it. This article will look at how you can properly use and implement your writing proficiency. Having good writing skills can push you … Continue reading How To Utilize Your Writing Skills In Your Career
If you write short fiction or poetry, your best bet for publication is a literary magazine. While it’s difficult to earn a lot of money as a short story writer or poet, you can definitely accomplish a lot by getting published in a literary magazine. There are thousands of active literary magazines accepting submissions right … Continue reading Literary Magazine Submissions: What You Need to Know in 2022
Undeniably, short stories are difficult to master. After all, while a novel has enough room for you to write expansively, a short story only affords you around 1,000 to 10,000 words with which to introduce your world, tell your tale, and wrap it up. As prolific author and now fellow Minnesotan Neil Gaiman puts it, … Continue reading 5 Short Story Writing Tips from Professional Authors
Popular opinion seems to suggest that 2020 was the worst year ever. While there were certainly a lot of really bad things that happened (no, I'm not going to get into the details), I hope you saw some writing success during the year. But before we rush into 2021 and assume everything is going to … Continue reading 5 Writing Resolutions to Avoid in 2021 (and what to do instead)
Every writer from a best-selling author to a struggling amateur goes through the same issues when it comes to writing. You have self-doubt. You get writer’s block. You hate what you just wrote. You think you’ll never achieve your writing dreams. The good news is, all of these things are temporary and fixable, provided you … Continue reading 15 Super Simple Writing Tips to Inspire You to Write
Getting your short story published is often more difficult than actually writing the story. Even with thousands of literary magazines accepting short stories for publication, you still have less than a 10% chance of getting your story published any time you submit. Unless you know exactly how to submit a short story. With a smart … Continue reading How to Submit a Short Story
There are thousands of literary magazines accepting short story or poetry submissions right now. For writers, this means a lot of opportunity. It also means a lot of questions. Here are some of those questions you're probably asking right now about where you should send your writing for publication: Which publications are worth submitting to? … Continue reading Which literary magazines should you submit to? A guide to evaluating lit mags
Writers are supposed to write, right? Then why do so many writers often struggle with actually getting it done? It seems like many writers spend more time complaining about how they aren’t writing than they do on writing. In reality, the time we are spending on our excuses is preventing us from reaching our writing … Continue reading Stop Letting These Excuses Get in the Way of Your Writing
If you're a writer and you've had the fortune of having your work published, you've also probably been the victim of negativity. If you haven't yet, I promise you eventually will. This is true whether you self-publish, get a big book deal, or simply write for a small blog. Someone out there is going to … Continue reading How Writers Should Respond to Negative Comments & Reviews
