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How Not To Allow A Blank Screen To Defeat You When The Words Go Missing

How Not To Allow A Blank Screen To Defeat You When The Words Go Missing

by Hugh W. Roberts | Nov 16, 2022 | #roughwriters, Tips for Writers

Some believe writer’s block is a myth, while others claim it has ruined their writing career. It can last a few days or many years. How do you deal with writer’s block? Fortunately, I discovered writing challenges early in my blogging journey. I found them...
How Not To Allow A Blank Screen To Defeat You When The Words Go Missing

Why My Ears Work Better Than My Eyes When It Comes To Advice About Writing

by Hugh W. Roberts | Aug 16, 2022 | #roughwriters, Tips for Writers

There is lots of writing advice out there, but there are two things I can’t entirely agree with that some authors swear by. The first is to drink gallons of coffee because writers need lots of the stuff. I’m not too fond of coffee, are you? But I am...
Looking Back, Growing Forward  

Looking Back, Growing Forward  

by explorereikiworld | Jun 17, 2022 | #FFRODEO, #roughwriters, A Writer's Platform, Columns, Tips for Writers, Z-Uncategorized Carrot Sticks

We all are one, yet so different from each other. Our present is shaped based on our past, and our choices shape today. Memories keep us company on dull days. They can either choose to make us edgy or excite us.  All individuals have a story to tell. This story...
What’s your Style of Conflict?

What’s your Style of Conflict?

by explorereikiworld | Aug 31, 2021 | #roughwriters, A Writer's Platform, Columns, Raw Literature, Tips for Writers, Z-Uncategorized Carrot Sticks

Conflict is necessary when writing a story. Tension is the conflict’s little brother. While conflict might be more visible through a friend’s fight, a lover’s betrayal, or a tragic accident, it will keep the reader on edge from one scene to the next...
Humor in Writing

Humor in Writing

by explorereikiworld | Jun 8, 2021 | #roughwriters, A Writer's Platform, Columns, Tips for Writers, Z-Uncategorized Carrot Sticks

I write contemporary fiction genre with themes that revolve around the facts of life.   Bowled but Not Out (BbNO) revolves around second chances. Often, an individual who has been let down the first time from a dysfunctional relationship will not have the...
Who Left the Dang Gate Open

Who Left the Dang Gate Open

by Ann Edall-Robson | Apr 27, 2021 | #roughwriters, A Writer's Platform, Columns, Tips for Writers

“If you open a gate, you close it. You’re responsible for what happens if you don’t.” These are some of the live-by words my dad instilled in me from as far back as I can remember. They still bounce around the gray matter each time I open a gate – any gate.  The...
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