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Feb 7
2 min

Tuesday Tip - Stay in Your Seat!

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Here is a Tuesday Tip to improve your writing. We've talked about ways to minimize distractions and combat writer's block, so today let's look at some ways to stay on task when you have several hours blocked out for writing. Hopefully, you can find some uninterrupted hours to devote to your writing. Try this: Plan ahead - I recently participated in a day of writing where the organizers suggested preparing needful

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Tuesday Tip - How to Avoid Writer's Block

Carol M Green

Jan 31
2 min

Tuesday Tip - How to Avoid Writer's Block

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Here is a Tuesday Tip to help you avoid writer's block. It's real. We all find ourselves stuck at times staring at a blank screen and begging for inspiration. I've shared some tips previously to help combat writer's block (or lack of productivity), but what if you could prevent it? It seems that as a writer I either have hyperfocus, or I am distracted by every shiny little idea. What if those shiny distractions c

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Carol M Green

Jan 24
2 min

Tuesday Tip - Make it Bloom!

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Here is a Tuesday Tip to improve your writing. My last post was an exercise in paring down a piece of writing or cutting out what isn’t needed. However, concise writing can also be perceived as terse or curt. This is fine if you are going for that impression, or if you are writing within the confines of a word limit. Just as there is a time to pare down, there is also a time to expound. This exercise will help you

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Carol M Green

Nov 8, 2022
2 min

Tuesday Tip - Pare it Down!

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Here is a Tuesday Tip to improve your writing. It's easy for a writer to get caught up in "word count" goals. These are great goals for maintaining productivity, but too many words can actually dilute the strength of a piece of writing. There is a time to expound and a time to pare down. This exercise will help you learn to trim your words and identify opportunities to make more impact with less. Try this: First -

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Carol M Green

Oct 25, 2022
2 min

Tuesday Tip - Show Emotion and Repeat

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Here is a Tuesday Tip to improve your writing. Attempt to show emotion by describing what is happening in several ways. You can create your own resource list of ways to “show” emotion for future projects. Try this: Say it - Choose an emotion such as joy and then try to describe it in 3-4 different ways. For instance, a smile might show joy, as in “Sarah smiled.” Say it again - Show Sarah smiling without using that

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Carol M Green

Sep 20, 2022
2 min

Tuesday Tip - Save and Move Forward

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Whether writing a novel, newspaper article, or short blog post it's easy to bogged down or stumped when you don't know exactly what to write next. Often, it is good to save a spot and fast forward to what you do know to write. You may find the answer comes very naturally as you continue writing. How can you save a spot to revisit later? First – Make the phrase, scene, or position of the unsolved wording easy to f

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Carol M Green

Sep 13, 2022
2 min

Tuesday Tip - Share Your Creativity

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Okay, let's be honest - there are a lot of closet writers out there. Are you one of the myriad timid who love to write, but haven't shared anything publicly? You are not alone! Perhaps you maintain your writing efforts are just for your own satisfaction. Perhaps it's your therapy. Or, perhaps, you are anxious about vulnerability. You are NOT alone! Why should writers share their work publicly? First – It offers so

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Carol M Green

Sep 6, 2022
2 min

Tuesday Tip - Collaborate to Encourage

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Last week we discussed beating writer's block. Today we are talking about ways to collaborate with other creative people to keep emotional momentum that is critical to productivity. Why should the author collaborate with other writers and artists? First – YOU are not in competition with every writer out there. In fact, other writers can be your greatest allies. We are all unique, therefore, our writing is unique.

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Tuesday Tip - Exercise Alliteration to Fight Writer's Block

Carol M Green

Aug 30, 2022
1 min

Tuesday Tip - Exercise Alliteration to Fight Writer's Block

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Today we are talking about one exercise that can be helpful in fighting writer's block (yes, its a thing) while expanding your writing skills. How can the author beat the block with alliteration? First – We've all been there. Writing needs to happen, but the inspiration to begin doesn't seem to be present. Try using this one trick. Pick a letter - any letter. Perhaps begin with A and work through the alphabet if y

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Carol M Green

Aug 24, 2022
1 min

Tuesday Tip - Walk Away to Write Better

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Today we are talking about one of the wisest things you can do as a writer. Walk away from your work. This is not to say you should quit writing, rather that you should put a piece of writing away before completing it. How can the author write better by leaving their writing alone? First – It’s easy to miss mistakes when the words are fresh in your mind. Proofreading your work after leaving it for a time will be l

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Carol M Green

Aug 16, 2022
2 min

Tuesday Tip - Write Short to Write Much

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Today we are talking about using small projects to accomplish larger goals. Break your writing projects into manageable tasks to avoid procrastination and complete your work. How can the author write much by writing short? First – Start by creating content. You know, the kind that distracts you (like we discussed in this post) and interrupts your writing and stalls your productivity. I once did a series of blog po

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Carol M Green

May 17, 2022
2 min

Tuesday Tip - Minimize Distractions

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Today we are talking about minimizing distractions. Shut out those things that get you off course and interrupt your writing productivity. Let's face it, many of us write because we have so much going on in our heads. It's both a gift and a curse, because the very traits that make us creative - "I have an idea!" are also the things that allow our focus to be disrupted. "Oh, look, A pretty flower!" How can the auth

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Carol M Green

May 10, 2022
1 min

Tuesday Tip - Steer Clear of Repetition

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Today we are talking about a common mistake often overlooked yet easily corrected. Repetitive words and phrases may flow naturally from a writer's fingertips, yet they can lend a level of monotony for the reader. How can the author avoid the monotony of repetition? First - Be aware that you are probably using repetitive phrases. We all do it in our own speech and although it demonstrates our personalities, it does

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Carol M Green

Nov 9, 2021
2 min

Tuesday Tip - Combating a Broken Supply Chain

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Today we’re talking about one of the current challenges for authors who have taken the steps to publish hard copies of their work. Just when it’s time to gear up for holiday sales by ordering copies, there arises yet another hiccup in the supply chain. What will the author do to combat this challenge? If she hasn’t already made her work available in digital form, it may be time to do just that. Below are a few way

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Tuesday Tip - Create Believable Characters

Carol M Green

Oct 12, 2021
2 min

Tuesday Tip - Create Believable Characters

Welcome to Tuesday Tips - a weekly blog post for busy writers! Today’s writing tip focuses on the creative craft of writing. Last week’s action of writing tip came in handy once again as the idea for today arrived at yet another inconvenient moment - I was driving! My phone microphone saved me from losing the thought! If you haven’t yet, give it a try. Let's talk about crafting fictitious characters. Whether you are writing historical fiction, fantasy, or anything in between

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