by Michael Mahin | Blog, Creativity, The Writing Process, Writing Advice, Writing Tips
As all athletes know, whether you’re getting ready for a basketball game or a short jog, you need to loosen up. But for elite athletes, just like writers, loosening up isn’t just about warming up the physical body; it’s also about preparing yourself mentally for what... by Michael Mahin | Blog, Creativity, The Writing Process, Writing Advice, Writing Exercises, Writing Tips
Attitude is everything. You’ve heard it a thousand times. You’ve probably even said it yourself. And yet, sometimes a bad attitude still gets the best of us. Sometimes we hate our writing. Sometimes we hate our agents. And sometimes, maybe, we even hate ourselves.... by Michael Mahin | Blog, Creativity, Story Development, The Writing Process, Writing Advice, Writing Exercises, Writing Tips
If you’re like me, you love writing. And…you hate it. Sometimes at the same time. We writers are full of contradictions when it comes to writing. We savor our alone time, yet we want to be loved by our peers. We want to create art, yet we want to be on the bestseller... by Michael Mahin | Blog, Creativity, The Writing Process, Voice, Writers on Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Exercises, Writing Tips
Like most of us, Ray Bradbury was a lover of stories. Dime novels, comic books, anything with words. But as he wrote in his classic memoir on the craft of writing, Zen in the Art of Writing, this love of stories made it hard for him to find his own writing voice: “I... by Michael Mahin | Blog, Creativity, Story Development, The Writing Process, Writers on Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Exercises, Writing Tips
REVIEW: How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play (Writer’s Digest Books 2010). Over the last couple months, my goal has been simple: to engage in what Geoff Colvin, author of the book Talent is Overrated, calls “deliberate...