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
#NaNoWriMo: Rewrite and Move Forward Faster by Rochelle Melander
The past is never dead. It’s not even past. —William Faulkner Before you freak out and say—“What, I’m doing National Novel Writing Month! I have... Read More
#NaNoWriMo Rescue: Try Exercise! By Rochelle Melander
I’m not talking about running or practicing yoga, though exercise and other repetitive tasks (folding towels or knitting) can help you overcome writer’s block. I’m... Read More
How to Build Your Own #NaNoWriMo Challenge by Rochelle Melander
Every November thousands of otherwise normal people give up their spare time and write a 50,000-word novel in a month. The challenge is called National... Read More
How to Have Fun AND Create Amazing Characters by Rochelle Melander
Dear Writers, It’s time to plan for National Novel Writing Month, and I can help! Tomorrow at the Write Now! Mastermind class, I’ll be talking... Read More
Keeping Track by Rochelle Melander
How does a novelist remember all those details about character and plot? I’ve been working with a teenaged client who’s writing an epic tale. He... Read More
Write What You … by Rochelle Melander
Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, I just looked at the calendar and realized that National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) starts three weeks from Friday. Yikes!... Read More
The Power of Effort by Rochelle Melander
We are responsible for the effort, not the outcome. —Unknown I once heard a doctor from Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin say that they cannot guarantee... Read More
Get Structure and Write Faster by Rochelle Melander
No wonder so many adults long to return to university, to all those deadlines–ahhh, that structure! Scaffolding to which we may cling! Even if it... Read More
How to Protect Your Genius Time by Rochelle Melander
Over the summer, I read a blog post on Life Hacker by James Clear: You Have 25,000 Mornings as an Adult. Here’s How Not to... Read More