Writing Tips

Below are links to my writing tips. I add to them regularly and post them here on the blog and on Facebook and Pinterest. Feel free to share them.

Tip #1: Writers Write

Tip #2: All Writing Is Creative

Tip #3: Write Like You Talk

Tip #4: Don’t Write Like You Talk

Tip #5: Writing Is Hard

Tip #6: Keep a Journal

Tip #7: Social Media Is Different

Tip #8: Try New Media

Tip #9: Show Don’t Tell

Tip #10: The Thesis Sentence

Tip #11: Real Writers Don’t Worry About Topic Sentences

Tip #12: Make More Paragraphs

Tip #13: Learn To Use Semicolons…Or Don’t

Tip #14: Be Aware of Tone

Tip #15: Check Spelling by Reading Backwards

Tip #16: Rough Drafts Should Be Rough

Tip #17: Improve Your Writing by Eliminating These Phrases

Tip #18: Turn Off Your Grammar Checker

Tip #19: Beware the Thesaurus

Tip #20: Don’t Worry about Using Big Words

Tip #21: Go Easy on Modifiers

Tip #22: Write with Nouns and Verbs

Tip #23: Don’t Skip Prewriting

Tip #24: Freewriting

Tip #25: Mind-Mapping

Tip #26: Learn How To Outline

Tip #27: Write Letters

Tip #28: Learn the Grammar Basics

Tip #29: If You Really Want to Excel at Writing, Study Grammar

Tip #30: Don’t Confuse Narrative and Descriptive Writing

Tip #31: Descriptive Writing Can Include Action

Tip #32: Writing Is Much More Than Grammar

Tip #33: Learn the Rules, Then Break the Rules

Tip #34: Use All Your Senses, But Don’t Get Weird About It

 Tip #35: Punctuate Titles Correctly

Tip #36: Editing Usually Means Cutting Out Stuff

Tip #37: Make Clear Transitions

Tip #38: Learn to Use Conjunctive Adverbs

Tip #39: Learn When Not To Use Apostrophes

Tip #40: Avoid Cliches

Tip #41: Use Figures of Speech

Tip #42: Use Figures of Speech: Similes

Tip #43: Use Figures of Speech: Metaphors

Tip #44: Use Figures of Speech: Implied Metaphors

Tip #45: Use Figures of Speech: Extended Metaphor

Tip #46: Use Figures of Speech: Personification

Tip #47: Use Hyperbole Cautiously and Intentionally

Tip #48: Use Analogy