Every week (well, most weeks), I share a tip with writers, a trick that makes a big difference in the rhythm and feel of a novel. Some, you can make use of immediately. Others, file away for that cranky day when your writing limps along and you don’t know why.
Here are the 2017 Top Ten Writer’s Tips, according to readers:
- 6 Tips for Western Fiction Writers
- 15 Tips for Writing Poetry
- 13 Tips for Cozy Mystery Writers
- Writer’s Tips
- Writers Tip #5: Beware the gerund
- 10 Tips Guaranteed to Rescue Your Story
- 19 Self-editing Tips
- Writer’s Tip #103: 20 Tips from Bill Bryson
- Writers Tips #102: 17 Tips from The Careful Writer
- 10 Tips from Janet Burroway
Here are the 2017 Top Ten Tech Tips for Writers, according to my readers:
- Unconventional Research Sites for Writers
- How to Use Canva in Your Writing
- Image Copyright Do’s and Don’ts
- How Google Docs Improves Writing
- Tech Tip for Writers #126: Why Use Airplane Mode?
- Image Copyrights: The Video
- End of Year Tech for Writers: 13 Ways to Update Your Online Presence
- How to Use Google Forms in Your Writing
- Lots of Public Domain Images
- Tech Tips for Writers #125: Editing is Easier When It’s Done Digitally
If you were asked to give a new writer one tip, what would that be? Please add it to the comments.
Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy, the Rowe-Delamagente thrillers, and the upcoming Born in a Treacherous Time. She is also the author/editor of over a hundred books on integrating tech into education, adjunct professor of technology in education, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for TeachHUB, monthly contributor to Today’s Author and a freelance journalist on tech ed topics. You can find her books at her publisher’s website, Structured Learning.
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Hi Jacqui – it’s great to have met up with you for all these wonderful tips and ideas you have – well organised for you and then of course us … thanks! I’m noting .. cheers Hilary
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Thanks, Hilary. If I were younger, I’d be a geek rather than a writer. Something lost; something gained.
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Thanks for listing the top ten articles – you reminded me of some that I want to re-visit, especially the ones about copyright and public domain images. Valuable resources here, Jacqui.
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I’m always intrigued by tech tools for writing. Between my RA and my yucky hands, I’m always on the hunt for tools to make writing easier. I am certainly not going to stop!
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You write so many great articles when it comes to craft of writing, dear Jacqui… I really appreciate your high quality posts…. Thank you for sharing your top lists … Love & best wishes ⭐
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It’s fun to see what happened over a year, innit? Thanks for visiting, Aquileana!
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Thanks
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My pleasure!
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Reblogged this on Musings on Life & Experience and commented:
Helpful links to writing tips for writers by Jacquin Murray.
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Thanks for the reblog, Pat!
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how you can make writing content innovative & easy to understand
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It’s all in your authorial voice. James Joyce wasn’t either of those and still, readers loved him.
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Thank you for sharing these posts, Jacqui. I am saving this to my archives so that I can check things as and when needed.
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Not a lot changes in my numbers. WordDreams is pretty steady. This metric–comments–intrigues me the most.
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Nice. My tip would be write it, then rewrite it, then rewrite it again. And if you don’t know what to rewrite, get educated.
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Excellent, Crystal! thanks for that.
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Somehow I missed the tips for rescuing the story. I’ve bookmarked it into my Pearlstree account now so I can readily use it for my WiP.
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I wrote it quite a while ago, I think before you and I became efriends. Thanks, Glynis.
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Jacqui, thank you for all your work during the year to source, put together these tips … I’ve used so many of them. I read about Canva the other day and it was started by a young female student who had dropped out of uni in Australia and saw how difficult it was to make simple banners, yearbooks etc. Seeing the gap in the market she went ahead and set up Canva!
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I didn’t know that about Canva. It is so intuitive–I can see it created by a user. Thanks for your friendship, Annika.
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I soooo appreciate your tips, Jacqui. Thanks so much for continuing to share them with us ❤
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I love hearing that. I sometimes wonder if I get too geeky.
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You’ll never get too geeky, Jacqui, because many of us are relatively non-techie 🙂
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Thanks, Jacqui. Happy New Year! xo
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Have a great 2018!
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My number one tip: Backup your files.
Second tip: use sunscreen when at the beach – nothing worse than a toasted writer.
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Yikes–agreed!
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Thanks for the recap, Jacqui. I found a few I had missed. Great posts. 😀 No wonder they were so popular.
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I blog 3x a week which is too often for lots of people. I love this sort of summary on other blogs so thought I’d post it!
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You always give quality. Thanks for all the tips.
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I was hesitant with my tech tips for writers but I’m happily surprised with how well-received they are. Nice.
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thanks for sharing😛
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My pleasure! Do you have a blog I can visit?
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Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog.
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Thanks for the reblog, Chris!
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Welcome, Jacqui ❤️
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You’re a born teacher, Jacqui!
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It’s what I thought I’d be in high school, got away from it until mid-30s and kids arrived. Love it.
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Life does has a knack of getting in the way and changing our youthful plans.
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Thanks Jacqui – a quote from Wilbur Smith: writing is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration
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Love Wilbur Smith. I’ve read many of his books.
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I definitely need to study up on Canva. Thanks, Jacqui!
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Love Canva. I use the free version with my own pictures. Their designs are so professional!
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Reblogged this on Nesie's Place and commented:
Great collection of resources! 😉
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Thanks for the reblog, Felicia!
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To take their time and do the research to find what works for their platform instead of jumping on a new bandwagon every week that takes them nowhere.
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Well said!
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As usual you are very clear and observant Jaqui. You give a lot of time to discuss and
make many see the clarity of writing.
miriam
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Thanks! I hope so. Writing is a lot harder in the trenches than it looks from the mountain top.
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