Unplugging: How Writers Do It
by Jenna Kalinsky. The conventional idea of people needing to “unplug” shows just how closely aligned to machines we…
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Think You Don’t Need an Author Website? Think Again.
by Jenna Kalinsky. If you are an author and do not have an author website, let this be your…
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10 Really Good Reasons to Take an Online Writing Course at One Lit Place
Updated: our online programs have evolved to suit the needs of writers’ busy schedules and precise project needs. Our…
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Make Peace With “Me”: How to Use Personal Pronouns in Your Writing
Language is an organism: it evolves, accommodates, and shape-shifts depending on the collective culture using it. Some language…
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Weather or Not: When We Write
by Jenna Kalinsky. So much depends on the weather: how we plan our days, our moods, and whether we…
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In What Ways Is Writing a Novel Like Losing 55 Pounds? All of Them
Tired of not writing your novel? Want to get the junk out of your trunk? Stop torturing yourself by…
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Written on the Body: How to Sit, Stay Fit, and Create a Writing Space to Protect Your Body
Most of us writers take our ability to sit over our keyboards unencumbered as a given—until our comfort is…
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Why We Write
Writers write all for all kinds of reasons, but in the end, we write to give our ideas, expressions…
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Do You Need an MFA to Write a Novel?
A long-held belief continues to pervade emerging writers’ thinking: if you want to become a writer, earning an…
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Can’t Stop Editing Your Novel While Writing? Try Handwriting.
by Jenna Kalinsky. What people have enjoyed in recent years from leaning more and more heavily on typing rather…
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