Are You Stifling Your Creativity? By Rochelle Melander
Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, I have a favor to ask of you: if these tips have been helpful to you, please take a moment... Read More
How to Write When You Have No Time by Rochelle Melander
If I have ten minutes I use them even if they bring only two lines, and it keeps the book alive. —Rumer Godden. So how do... Read More
The Writing Habit by Rochelle Melander
One hasn’t become a writer until one has distilled writing into a habit, and that habit has been forced into an obsession. Writing has to... Read More
Organize Your Writing Life by Rochelle Melander
I hope you were able to spring forward this past weekend without losing your writing momentum! If you’re struggling to organize yourself and your writing... Read More
How to Juggle Multiple Tasks by Rochelle Melander
Today’s tip talks about how learning how to shift tasks is essential for writing. It’s the fifth article in our series on writing productivity based... Read More
Improve Your Memory & Write More by Rochelle Melander
Today’s tip talks about how improving your working memory is essential for writing. It’s the fourth article in our series on writing productivity based on... Read More
Writers@Work: The January Social Media Experiment
Over the winter holiday, Jocelyn Koehler and I agreed to try a social media fast during January. Even though I had a much tamer plan... Read More
How to Focus on a Task and Write More by Rochelle Melander
Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days. —Zig Ziglar According to psychiatrist Edward M. Hallowell, our... Read More
Want to Be More Productive This Month? Move Your Butt by Kelly James-Enger
For the past several years, I’ve been concerned by all the new research that says that sitting is bad for one’s health. It seems that... Read More
Fifteen Minutes a Day Revisited by Rochelle Melander
Last fall, I wrote an article called, “Fifteen Minutes a Day” based on a wonderful idea I found on author Laurie Halse Anderson’s blog. She... Read More