Writing Advice for Dec. 27, 2019-Jan. 2, 2020

Happy New Year’s, writer! To be honest, I’m struggling to get back into a groove. Maybe you are, too. So, before we hit the links, let’s do a warm-up…

OK, now that we’re warm, I have a personal announcement. I’m becoming a full-time freelance writer on Jan. 16. You probably won’t notice a difference, but I wanted to share this news with you. I’m currently accepting all tips and advice for the freelancer’s life. Thank you!

This Week I…

• Enjoyed reading others’ “I will…” for the new year.

• Agreed that libraries are amazing research resources for writers.

• Shared in which Hogwarts House writers think they’d be placed.

• Loved Jane Friedman’s list of digital media tools.

Tweet of the Week

Advice for All Writers

• Stop Trying to Fit in Someonelse’s Box

• Overcoming Fear in the Creative Writing Process

• Try These 7 Tips for Toning and Trimming Text

• Notable Writers Share Their Best Writing Advice

• 2020 New Year’s Resolution for Writers: Begin

• How to Be Productive in the Winter Time: Writer’s Routine

Now Freelancers

• Writing About Business Without Being a Bore

• 7 Natural Laws of Freelancing to Make Money Writing

You, Too, Authors

• How to Write Compelling Descriptions to Draw Readers In

• Kicking Off the Year with Writing Advice from Authors

• 9 Types of Narrative Devices

And Bloggers

• Tried-and-True Ways to Promote Your Blog Posts

• How to Best Use Quotes in Your Blog Posts

• Three Things Your Blogs Need

• How to Improve Guest Blogging in 2020

Calls and Contests

• 2020 Frost Place Chapbook Competition (Deadline: Jan. 5)

• Erma Bombeck Writing Competition (Deadline: Jan. 6)

• Discovery Poetry Contest (Deadline: Jan. 10)

• Colorado Prize for Poetry (Deadline: Jan. 14)

• John Ciardi Prize for Poetry and G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction (Deadline: Jan. 15, 2020)

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