Just like every story has its chapters, every writing journey has its own distinct stages. Every one of those stages requires something new…
4 Reasons Why You’re Abandoning Your Projects
Be honest: have you ever abandoned a project before you gave it a fair chance? I know I have as a former project abandoner. …
The Write Gym Spotlight: Take a Look Inside a Monthly Inspiration Guide
November is the last full month of autumn, and it’s famously a month many of us writers associate with hunkering down to draft…
A Checklist of Songs to Include on Your WIP’s Playlist
Sometimes the problem isn’t finding the time to write—it’s finding your groove during your writing time. What better way to find it than…
Try This Fun, Quick Writing Exercise Inspired by Write Gym Member Kristin Durfee
If you’ve been following Writer’s Atelier or inside The Write Gym for a long time, you’ll have heard of author Kristin Durfee. We recently featured her on…
How to Choose an Intention and a Daily Goal for the Write Brave Challenge
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, autumn will be here before we know it, and with it comes the urge to wrap ourselves in…
Introducing the Write Brave Challenge
We’ve been teasing you for weeks, and now we’re finally ready to reveal what we’ve been working on for over six months. Writers,…
Everyone Has a Drawer Project—Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing
Writer, I know your secret. Whether we sit by each other at writing events or we’ve never spoken before in our lives, I…
5 Ways to Invent a Pen Name
Confession: I regret using my given name on my debut books. If you think that sounds strange, you can’t imagine how strange it…
12+ Fiction Mediums to Write Besides the Novel
We talk a lot about novel writing on this blog, and for good reason! According to the New York Times, 81% of people want to…