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“Il faut cultiver notre jardin,” —Voltaire

For those of us who don’t do fancy French, this means:

“We must cultivate our garden,” says Pangloss at the end of Voltaire’s Candide.

No sentiment could be truer for women who write. Stop focusing on the whole wide world. Instead, maintain a space that is your own and encourages the fruits of your labors to blossom.

But the process of growing our garden requires the right tools. Reading this blog and learning how to revise your own stories could help you cultivate your garden, obtain peace of mind, and establish your writing legacy. Happy reading and writing!

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Brainstorming to Story Building

Got words on a page? You do? Well, that qualifies you as a writer.

But I’ll admit, the writer’s game drives me kind of cuckoo. There’s so much advice out there about overcoming writer’s block and finding inspiration, but little on how to construct a solid story. Even reading the best advice of bestselling authors, you’ll find more on overcoming resistance than a blueprint for how an actual author—actually writes.

Who Are You Writing For?

Don’t ask yourself, “what kind of writing is best?” Ask yourself, “what kind of writing is right for me?”

You need a clear understanding of the different types of writing before you know your intended audience or how to produce content for them effectively.

Here are three writing categories that often get confused:

Therapeutic Writing

Creative Writing

Copywriting

Forget the Writing Prompts

Oh, writing prompts! Those forces of nature you find on the internet. Built to infuse you with the power to write the next bestseller, or at least give you a little inspiration.

Yeah, I hate those things.