Structure and Creativity: Timed Writing
As a writer, I’ve often shunned creativity prompts. Why do I need them? I am so creative; I can sit down and just write. Ah! But it wasn’t always this way.
by Beth Barany · Published January 22, 2011 · Last modified November 13, 2018
As a writer, I’ve often shunned creativity prompts. Why do I need them? I am so creative; I can sit down and just write. Ah! But it wasn’t always this way.
Learning about the benefit of delay might save your writing! Catharine Bramkamp shares her story with the benefits of this work style.
Mike Consol hosted Beth Barany on his podcast Novelist Spotlight. Beth spoke about Activate The Body And The Mind.
by Beth Barany · Published November 11, 2021 · Last modified January 18, 2022
You’re sitting down to work on your novel and you stare at the black screen or blank page with no ideas. Or maybe you know what you want to write, you just can’t bring...
Dive into creating playlists for your novel writing and editing with guidance and inspiration from novelist and artist, Nevada McPherson.
Here’s my writing tip of the day in one minute via video. You can use it for editing also. My tip is about timed writing, a simple yet powerful technique. If you use this tip,...
Today we welcome a new guest writer to Writer’s Fun Zone, Mellissa Green who is stopping by to chat with us about “Not Enough Website Views? You’re Missing A Major Target Audience (Part 1).” Enjoy!
In this post, learn how much writing you can do in 15 minutes. *** Beth here. Hi! It’s 1:35pm and I sit in a warm cafe drinking tea and staring out the window. Okay,...
Many small business owners and entrepreneurs may think that blogging is just one more chore to add to their marketing list. But actually blogging for your business can be fun and create results, as long as you know what you want from your blog and how to go about getting that.
I am a novelist, creative writer, blogger, nonfiction writer, teacher, and book and learning nerd. I fight my own perfectionism all the time. Mostly unconsciously. But I’ve found some ways to handle it consciously...
May 29, 2014 Hello my friends! My newsletter service is glitching so I’m sharing my newsletter here! Here we focus on creating fiction and sharing it with the world, because when we travel into...
artist entrepreneur / Guest Columnists
by Beth Barany · Published July 5, 2013 · Last modified June 24, 2013
Welcome to the Artist Entrepreneur Column, an occasional series where we talk about the fun, wild and scary ride of succeeding as an artist entrepreneur of all stripes and types and mediums. Welcome back guest...
Healthy Writers Club / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published March 2, 2013 · Last modified March 4, 2013
Inspired by Josh Clark’s article on the site, coolrunning.com, I’ve been doing a Couch-to-5K training since Oct 2012. Really, I have. With breaks. About weekly I share my Exercise Log to stay accountable to my...
You can write and finish your book with The Writer’s Adventure Guide — now free on the Kindle through 2/16. Many authors want to write and finish their book. Now you can with The...
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