For first draft: pencil and paper

For the first draft, I prefer handwriting with a pencil and paper. The most important reason for this is that I am more creative and productive with this method. The second reason is that I can avoid distractions when writing because when sitting behind a computer, notifications are really disturbing. Even if I turn the …

Journal Wednesday, April 10, 2019

To earn a living from writing is a dream for many writers. But it takes a long time and a great chance for a few to reach that point of great success and feel the joy and happiness of the moment they decide to quit their day job and devote all their time to what …

Writing Journal – Wednesday, April 17, 2019 – 9:35

Writing a novel is not a straightforward trip. It's a journey that its destination is not known beforehand. It is wandering and discovering. The journey may end soon or very late or may come to no end, but confusion. During writing a novel many characters are born in the writer's imagination and many more are …

Writing Journal – Wednesday, April 17, 2019 – 11:27

Short stories - A tool to get readers feedback for my WIP During the writing process of a novel, the writer has to decide what to include and what to exclude. He should decide about plot twists and characters and many other things. These decisions can affect the final success or failure of the novel. …

Writing Journal, Tuesday, April 16, 2019 – 21:00

I have full permission to write badly. Because English is weird. Even native speakers sometimes struggle with grammar rules and spelling, so for me that English is as my second language, or maybe third, it's completely normal. Another reason that I can relax when writing is the fact there is another stage in writing called …

Writing Journal – Wednesday, April 17, 2019 – 11:35

Tools I use when I face writer's block When I can't write anything for my WIP, I write not the main story, but I write about it. I write about a character and his backstory. I write about story world and its cultural groups and backdrop for conflict. I write about plot twists and mysteries …

This Story Is Going Somewhere

Work on the manuscript of one of my #WIP is at the end, and finally, the first draft is ready. I'm now officially in the editing phase for that novel. I'm really happy because after capturing an idea, developing a plot, defining and building a story world (setting), and creating all needed characters for that …

For Those Who Don’t Know Chocolate by Amirah Al Wassif

For Those Who Don't Know Chocolate by Amirah Al Wassif is a collected poems book published by Poetic Justice Books & Arts (February 26, 2019) in English. Amirah Al Wassif is a writer based in Egypt and published several books in Arabic that are translated to several foreign languages. This book contains many great poems …

To Be A Better Writer One Needs To Write More

I've used this simple rule recently and it worked for me. Putting thoughts and ideas to words is hard and writing them on paper is even harder. I, in the past, had many great ideas, but I always was afraid of writing them down on paper. Part of my fear came from my lack of …

Creative writers have many parallel imaginary lives

Creative writers have many parallel imaginary lives. They have a real common life like any other person, but they are not confined in that reality. They can live in an imaginary life and have many different personalities. Real life and its experiences absolutely have effects on their imagination and as result their writing, but their …