Five Simple Tools for Taming Monkey Mind and Writing More by Rochelle Melander
Writing is not a matter of time, but a matter or of space. If you don’t keep space in your head for writing, you won’t... Read More
Stuck? Three Ways to Discover New Ideas By Rochelle Melander
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. —John Steinbeck Last Tuesday... Read More
When Habit Isn’t Enough: How to Boost Productivity By Rochelle Melander
As you may have read last week, I’ve signed up for the Idle Ironman at my Y. In the next month, I’ll bike 112 miles,... Read More
How to Write Through Doubt by Rochelle Melander
Remember these things. Work with all your intelligence and love. Work freely and rollickingly as though they were talking to a friend who loves you.... Read More
Stuck? Write Out of Order By Rochelle Melander
Genius is finding the invisible link between things. —Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Nabokov, author of Lolita, wrote all of his novels on 3 x 5 index... 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
Doing #NaNoWriMo by the Numbers by Rill
The course of Nanowrimo writers never does run smooth. —Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, paraphrase If I write 1,667 words a day beginning today, I will... 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
A Shoe Story by Rochelle Melander
What would your shoes say about the things you do everyday? —Sherley Mondesir-Prescott In late June I went shoe shopping. Now ordinarily, I love to... Read More
Find (More!) Time to Write by Rochelle Melander
The most important thing is to hold on, hold out, for your creative life, for your solitude, for your time to be and do, for... Read More