#WriterWednesday - April 3rd 2019

I managed to get some more of my adventure story written during the past week, as well as doing some more roleplaying write-ups for Kelly's roleplaying game. I don't mind doing the write-ups for him, even though it takes away from the time I can spend on my own writing projects. Partially because I like that he asks me; I like the fact he thinks enough of my writing to consider me a good choice for helping with the write-ups for his games. But mostly because we work on them together in the ideas phase, and I enjoy doing something together that involves the interests we share. In this case roleplaying (though roleplaying isn't the only interest we share, of course). It's Star Wars too, so there's that as well, since Star Wars is awesome! Harry Potter is better - in my opinion anyhow, though I think he'd say it's the other way around - but Star Wars is definitely a favourite in our houshold for both of us, regardless of which way around we'd list Harry Potter and Star Wars on our favourites list.

Hey, did you know writing is a habit, which is why a lot of people fail at it? It's also why a lot of people say you should write every day, or try to. How many hours a day you should spend writing varies. Even whether or not you should write every day depends; writing every day may not work for you. But writing regularly will, if you make it work. Of course, sometimes life really does cause problems with that. I've been there a lot myself, especially in the past year. But mostly you can make it a habit you stick to. If you want to, that is. You just have to figure out what will work best for you with everything else you want and need to fit in to your schedule, make an appointment with your writing, and stick to it. Even if your muse doesn't show up, and you end up writing rubbish. Of course, if it's time to take a 'break' from writing, that's fine. But when the break is over, and you'd planned to get back to writing, make sure you actually do everything in your power to do so.

On a similar note, check out these reasons to go out to write, and consider whether that might be the way to help you keep your own writing appointment with yourself.

OK, let's assume you've got your writing schedule figured out. Or, at least, you're getting writing done somehow, whether at home or somewhere else. Except you're not enjoying it. So, what does it mean when writing stops being fun? Maybe just that you haven't found the right project, and need to find the one that brings the magic back in to writing for you. Speaking of which, here's some help with nudging that magic along.

Regardless of who's in your story, here are some tips to creating a rivalry, because it can sometimes be a useful - and entertaining - addition to your story. Maybe not. But you never know. You now have some tips for writing a rivalry in to your story if you think one belongs there anyhow.

Next, here are some tips for more effective writing, which you may find useful, whether you're a new writer, or someone who has been writing for many years.

By the way, if you're struggling to find an idea, chances are it's because you don't 'find' inspiration. It finds you. There are things you can do to help find potential ideas, but the one that works best is being on the look out for new ideas all the time, and making a note of them when they show up. So, where do your ideas come from?

No matter where your idea came from, if you've finished your book, and are planning to write some posts to promote it - either for your own blog, or for the blogs of others who might have invited you to guest post - and you're stuck for topics, check out this list of ideas for guest posts which are related to your new release.

Oh, and don't forget that your book's description is one of the things that's going to potentially hook a new reader. So, to help you make sure yours is awesome, here's how to write a good book description.