How to make the most of themes in your writing
It’s been said that every literary work can be boiled down to only ten themes. And so we see over time and across cultures, our written work connects and reconnects with certain images, ideas and emotions. This is what we call theme, and these themes appear in short...
How to build a character your readers won’t forget
What inspires you to create a new character? Ideas, images, conversations we hear bring new characters of all genres to life Tayari Jones overheard an intimate moment between a man and a woman at Atlanta’s Lenox Square Mall. The woman asked the man if he’d have waited...
How to Build Your Confidence When Nothing is Going Right
Confidence is an interesting phenomenon. You can have 99 positive interactions or good things happen, but all it takes is one piece of negative feedback and suddenly you’re a terrible writer/parent/person. Deep down, you know that’s not true, but it can be really hard...
3 easy ways to help your pitch stand out in the inbox
Rejection sucks, and the fear of rejection is what keeps so many of us from pitching publications with our ideas. When you cold pitch an editor, you will be rejected 80% of the time, which means the rejection has nothing to do with you. There are many reasons an...
7 of the Most Powerful Ways to Crush Writer’s Block
It’s the worst feeling ever — you sit down to work on that article or manuscript and either your mind goes blank or you just can’t put together a cohesive sentence to save your life. Sometimes, you solve the problem by putting your work away and coming back to...About Leigh
I'm a writer and mentor currently living in Argentina. Want to know how I created my ideal writing life?
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