Doing it in the old way worked better for me

I used to rely heavily on technology in my everyday work until a few months ago. For my writing, I always sat behind my desktop and typed the words in a document. For planning and scheduling, I used different applications. When I needed to create some artwork, I preferred using a computer design or drawing …

How I Find An Idea For a Poem

Poems usually come to mind accidentally based on your everyday experiences and emotions, but when I need to write a poem I try some tasks to come up with an Idea. Here I list some of these. I sit behind my desk. The first thing I do is some reading. Novels, poetry collections, history, classic …

My Tool-set for Writing, Publishing, and Promoting My Books – All Free And Open Source

During the process of drafting, editing, preparing for print, publishing, and marketing a book, many tools are necessary. Here I list all my tools, and a brief description of them and the reason I use them. Operating System: Ubuntu Studio You might heard about Linux (or GNU/Linux as open source philosophers prefer) and the world …

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 …

My First Writing Experience

What was your first serious writing? At what age did you write it? I wrote my first writing when I was 8. I was a book lover and a reader since my first year at primary school. I started reading magazines that were available at our house. My father subscribed for a magazine that was …

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 …

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 …