Comments on: How to Become a Successful Writer: Develop Your Intuition

By: Elizabeth Foster

Elizabeth Foster — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:11:20 +0000

So true!. The more I listen to my intuition the more my writing improves. Embrace the muse!

By: Lisa Wilton

Lisa Wilton — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 10:38:40 +0000

I go through severe ups and downs internally. One day I feel great about a story, the next I think it’s stupid and no-one will ever read it.

I haven’t had an all out row between those two voices just yet but it almost feels imminent.

I loved this post. Lots of good advice and great ideas on how to harness the intuition. 🙂

By: BECCA PUGLISI

BECCA PUGLISI — Mon, 22 May 2017 13:31:07 +0000

In reply to richard.

Hi, Richard. The SCBWI Is a great organization for those writing children’s books. Their blog is full of information on how to write/publish children’s books: http://scbwi.blogspot.com. But the best advice I can give you in this regard is to get into a critique group with other children’s book writers. By far, they’ll have the best information on writing these books and ow to get them published. You can find a listing of those groups in your area at the SCBWI Website: https://www.scbwi.org/region-map/. Best of luck!

By: richard

richard — Sun, 21 May 2017 16:08:22 +0000

I’M TRYING TO WRITE A CHILDREN’S BOOK DO YOU HAVE RESOURCES FOR THEM?

By: Flash Fiction Friday: Bedside Manner – Kaleiyah Prose

Flash Fiction Friday: Bedside Manner – Kaleiyah Prose — Fri, 05 May 2017 16:02:45 +0000

[…] an unusually short flash fiction piece from me. I don’t know why, but I decided to go with my intuition and stop the story here. I liked that the end opened up questions but also kept them closed and […]

By: ANGELA ACKERMAN

ANGELA ACKERMAN — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:23:51 +0000

In reply to Carla K.. Yes, I agree--no matter what our walk of life is, we all have that inner voice. And meditation is a great strategy. When we're quiet we're less emotional and better able to get to the WHY behind the criticism of a voice, and diffuse it, or steer it so that we get feedback, not negativity. Happy writing, Carla!

By: Carla K.

Carla K. — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 12:32:50 +0000

I find that learning to quiet my mind is a great way to let my internal voice speak to me. I’m learning how to meditate which is definitely not easy and I am taking baby steps in that regard. But I definitely agree that anyone–not just writers–have two voices inside them; their inner editor as well as their intuition. I think that the inner editor is much more loud and persistent than the “introverted” inner intuition. But that small voice is powerful if we give it permission to be heard.

By: ANGELA ACKERMAN

ANGELA ACKERMAN — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 02:51:14 +0000

In reply to Dwane Knott. I found this happened to me a lot, which is one reason why I decided to try NaNoWriMo. Have you ever given it a spin? I found that to crank out those words in time, I really had to shut down my inner critic. And after I finished NaNo, I found it was much easier to keep him out of the first draft process!

By: Dwane Knott

Dwane Knott — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 01:25:29 +0000

Great as always. My inner critiqued keeps rising while I am trying to edit. Nothing I have written is good enough and wants me to rewrite all the time. I haven’t gotten past page10 yet but pages 1 to 10 don’t resemble the original very much. I will see if I can bury him tomorrow when I take on the edit Again.

By: ANGELA ACKERMAN

ANGELA ACKERMAN — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 03:29:40 +0000

In reply to Mary Van Everbroeck. So glad you enjoyed this article, Mary! Keep pounding out those words!

By: ANGELA ACKERMAN

ANGELA ACKERMAN — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 03:29:03 +0000

In reply to Peter Lewis Holmes. And that's awesome and how it should be. We shouldn't pressure ourselves to create a first draft masterpiece. It won't be, and that's totally okay!

By: ANGELA ACKERMAN

ANGELA ACKERMAN — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 03:28:02 +0000

In reply to George Chalagonian. That's great that you can so easily get into the groove.