If You Want Better Ideas, Start With 100 Bad Ideas
When it comes to the writing process, getting started and generating new ideas can be the hardest part. Unfortunately, ideas don’t always flow that plentifully, good or bad, thus, coming up with your next bestseller or viral article can require some work and strategy....
How to organize your life with the power of a mindmap
How will a mindmap benefit your writing life? As someone who has spent the last ten years working with writers to help them lay out their ideas and organize them into a cohesive writing roadmap, I vouch for the benefits of mindmapping as a tool that helps you stop...
7 ways to commit to writing even if you’re not doing NaNoWriMo
It’s November, that time of year when leaves turn colors and everyone in the world seems to commit to writing a novel NaNoWriMo. National Novel Writing Month. When the internet challenges you to write a novel in one month. 1667 words a day. 50 thousand words...
This one magic writing exercise will get you started writing.
What does it mean to be a real writer? Many people think a real writer needs to have a specific education. Or you need to know the right people. Or have written a book. Or have published in The New Yorker or some equally important publication. Here’s the truth....
4 writing prompts to overcome the perfection habit
Perfection doesn’t exist. I know you know this, but somehow you keep trying to find it. You do it when you go back to edit before finishing your first draft. You do it when you stop your freewriting to cross things out. And that fear you feel before sitting down the...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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