What do Sirius Black, Finnick Odair, Robin “Puck” Goodfellow, Kenji Kishimoto and Remus Lupin all have in common? Their readers love them, and this is why.
Three signs that Mary Sue may be lurking in your writing.
If you’re a writer, have you ever accidentally written a Mary Sue or Gary Stu into your writing? What steps did you take to fix it?
Now the secret is this: you don’t have to be published to write like a professional. You don’t need to have a contract to set deadlines for yourself, or create some kind of weekly routine. You don’t need an agent or a publisher or a hoard of raving fans demanding your next book to keep writing and reading and editing your work and doing the very best you possibly can to write a fantastic story. All you need is you. (read more)
What are your thoughts? Do you treat your writing like a job or a hobby?
Because the truth is you really don’t need much time to pound out a few hundred words a day. (read more)
Do you take advantage of your free time to write? How do you manage your time?
