On HubPages, we’re all about giving as much as you get, which is why Weekly Topic Inspiration is such a fun way to spread the love in our community. This weekly challenge is all about sharing and getting feedback on your work- as well as constructively critiquing the work of others. Weekly Topic Inspiration involves…
Read MoreHow to Choose Topics to Write About
We often hear from Hubbers that the hardest aspect of online writing is finding topics to write about. When in doubt, we recommend writing on… Your areas of expertise (specifically skills, hobbies, and activities in which there is significant interest online) Day-to-day tasks and activities in your life (such as fixing healthy meals for teens,…
Read MoreDESTROYING Writer’s Block
Writer’s block is one of the scariest roadblocks a writer can encounter- and unfortunately, it is almost inevitable! Luckily, writers make for creative problem solvers. Pia Chatterjee wrote a post in her On Writing Well series sharing her favorite means of overcoming writer’s block some days back. She got even more great writer’s block busting…
Read MoreWriting Marathons – A Great Way to Kickstart Your Career
If you are trying to kickstart your career as a novelist, poet, freelance writer, blogger, or columnist, you should consider taking on a writing challenge! Writing marathons, just like running marathons, are very challenging, but are exceedingly rewarding. Listen in to this week’s Online Writing Insider podcast (Writing Marathons) for some advice on embarking on…
Read MoreOn Writing Well: Getting Over Writer’s Block
Every writer, especially one who has recently finished a long piece of work, confesses to felling a kind of creative exhaustion. A pretty significant fraction of writers also go on to describe what may be only be named writer’s block, where they are unable to get words on a page. Very often, writer’s block creates…
Read MoreOvercoming Writer’s Apprehension
Are you new to HubPages, or online writing in general? Are you having trouble publishing your first couple of articles? In this episode of the Online Writing Insider (Writer’s Apprehension), Michelle Padro and Yours Truly discuss the mysterious effects of Writer’s Apprehension- that troublesome nervousness about sharing one’s writing in the public sphere. In addition…
Read More5 Ways to Fight Writer’s Block
There comes a time in every writer’s life where ideas don’t flow quite as easily as they once did. Being faced with writer’s block can put a huge damper on life, but luckily, there are ways to fight back! Here are some great ways to fight writer’s block on HubPages: Participate in the weekly HubMob:…
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