Tips, Tricks and Tools

For every writer creative process is defined differently. Their method of creativity is as individual as each writer’s personality. What works for one writer often does not work for another. The same can be said about productivity. Some writers can produce pages without effort, while others suffer putting a single word on a page each day. And what about the space in which writers create. Some require quiet and solitude, while others prefer the commotion of a coffee shop or some form of white noise to help them get into the zone.

There are so many writer’s resources, aids, and tools, but do any of them actually work to help a writer get organized, find ideas, and write more? In my blog, I’ll explore some different methods and tools used by writers to increase their productivity during the creative process and examine how psychological strategies used by writers enhance their productivity and assist with story development and writer’s block. I will also look at technology, beyond the introduction of the computer, enhanced software aimed at writers, and research tools and apps geared to organize ideas and develop story.

Most importantly, what does it take to write a novel length project? You can have all the tools and still not succeed. What should you write about? Where do you begin? Should you prepare an outline, or just start writing? What will be your inspiration to keep plugging forward when you get bogged down in the middle or develop writer’s block? Which is definitely going to happen!

My choice to document my journey through this process is a way to share the experience with other writers asking the same questions and struggling with the same issues. Writing doesn’t have to be a lonely endeavour. We can choose to surround ourselves with other writers to create an environment of comradery, a safe space to share ideas, cheer each other on, and discuss writing strategies to see us through to the end of our project.

Throughout the process I look forward to your questions and comments. After all, the purpose of exchanging information is to learn from one another so that we may finish a piece of writing we are proud of, and maybe even dare to have published.