by Michael Mahin | Blog, Book Reviews, Creativity, The Writing Process, Writers on Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Tips
REVIEW: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield (Black Irish Books, 2012). Resistance is the name that best-selling author Steven Pressfield gives to writer’s block and those things, both internal and...
by Michael Mahin | Blog, Book Reviews, Character Development, Characterization, Writing Advice, Writing Tips
REVIEW: Getting Into Character: 7 Secrets a Novelist Can Learn from Actors by Brandilyn Collins. [This is Part 2. Click here for Part 1.] Kurt Vonnegut has some great, snappy sayings about writing. Here’s one of my favorites: “Every character should want something,...
by Michael Mahin | Blog, Writers on Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Tips
The single most important step in the realization of your writing dream is setting a goal. It’s for this reason that the process of goal setting figures prominently into the programs of every self-help/ life-coach everrrrrrrrrrrrr. Not an exaggeration. Check out the...
by Michael Mahin | Blog, Flipboard, The Writing Process, Writers on Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Tips
Check out my newest Flipboard Magazine! I’ve collected over 30 articles from various sources featuring famous writers talking about writing. You’ve seen articles like “10 Writing Tips From Hemingway,” or “Neil Gaiman’s 8 Writing...