Stop Staring at the Blank Page: Why Prewriting Is a Game Changer

by Rochelle Melander There’s more than one way to look at a blank page. Gaston Bachelard wrote: A word is a bud attempting to become...
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The Courage to Ask: How Getting Help Transformed Helen Keller’s Life

by Rochelle Melander We imagine that writing and making art is easy. Sometimes it is. An idea hits us and we execute it with ease....
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The Game Changer: Gather Ideas Like A Pro

The Writer’s Guide to Collecting, Generating, Recording, and Developing New Ideas by Rochelle Melander Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good...
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Writing by Hand

An Interview with Poet Michele Wolf by Rochelle Melander Tell our readers about your new book of poems, Peacocks on the Streets. The book’s title...
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How to Start a Critique Group

by Rochelle Melander I hear many horror stories about critique groups. Writers attend a group hoping for helpful feedback and receive harsh criticism, misinformation, or...
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Why AI Cannot be Your Critique Partner

(And How to Critique Your Own Work) by Rochelle Melander Writers have been telling me they use AI only to edit their work. They’re not...
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Need a Breakthrough? Clean Your House!

Game Changer #3 by Rochelle Melander “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” That saying, attributed to both Knute Rockne and Joseph P....
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How Connecting to Your Purpose Can Transform YOU and Your Writing

by Rochelle Melander When the world is in crisis—it’s important to get connected to your why. Twice a week, Heather Cox Richardson, closes her Politics...
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Stop Guessing: Why You Need to Know Your Audience

by Rochelle Melander In the past ten years, I have consulted with many authors on their book proposals and book ideas. I have also written...
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The Top Game Changers for Writers

by Rochelle Melander I’ve been thinking about game changers: ideas, practices, or products that literally change the game. Consider the printing press. Before Johanes Gutenberg...
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Turn Obstacles into Opportunities

Rochelle Melander As a coach, I work with people who want to overcome obstacles to write. Usually we work together to find a way around...
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What If Your Quirks Reveal Your Superpowers?

by Rochelle Melander Clarissa Pinkola Estes has something important to say. Did you know … that eccentricity is the first sign of giftedness? What if...
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