by Julie McElroy on March 28, 2012
When I am under a deadline, I don’t always have the time to spend hours creating the perfect article. Although I would love to always have that luxury, there are occasions the clock is ticking faster than I can write. The truth is that sometimes a deadline is the best cure for my lack of [...]
by Lindsey Harper Mac on March 18, 2012
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Lindsey Harper Mac. Please read more about Lindsey in the author’s footer.
Writer’s block. The words are enough to make any writer cringe. When you have writer’s block, you don’t know what to write next. Your mind may be blank, or you can’t think of anything new to [...]
by Julie McElroy on March 12, 2012
As a writer, I think it is important to continue your education in your craft, just like any career. The question is, is a formal degree necessary for writers or are other forms of education sufficient?
I will not debate this question here, since there are many schools of thought on this. But I do want [...]
by Julie McElroy on February 21, 2012
Coming up with blog content on a regular basis can drain even the most creative minds. Some bloggers have told me they never have writer’s block. Good for them.
For the rest of us, it is important we publish web content that is useful and not just a bunch of words strung together just for the [...]
by Julie McElroy on February 15, 2012
I was not an English major. I have no formal writing education.
My undergraduate degree is in psychology and my master’s degree is in education. So I may be impelled to teach or at least analyze people. How does that apply to writing? It doesn’t directly. But as someone who appreciates education, I know how important it is [...]
by Julie McElroy on February 13, 2012
As a writer who has only begun to openly share my thoughts outside of a private journal entry for a few years, I am still discovering my own voice. We all have a writing voice, whether it is exposed in non-fiction, fiction, or poetry, it is there.
A writing voice comes through in most advanced writers. [...]