Who Told You That?
This is your moment. You’ve finally mustered the courage to climb out of “creative hiding.” You’ve carved out a sliver of time to write without the threat of distraction. You rush to open your computer. Your...
Continue ReadingHow To Give and Receive Constructive Criticism, by Shirley Jackson
How do you feel about constructive criticism? For years I’ve experienced a love-hate relationship with it. Whether solicited or uninvited, constructive criticism yields mighty power. Sometimes it bolsters my writer’s soul and propels me forward....
Continue ReadingHow Your Writing Heroes Can Become Your Writing Teachers in Five Seconds or Less
Today’s blog post comes from Book Proposal Boot Camp member and writer Taylor Murray.
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I read my first novel by Francine Rivers when I was 11 years old. I...Continue ReadingPracticing Vulnerability in Your Writing
Today’s blog post comes from Book Proposal Boot Camp member and writer Alison Brehme.
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Have you ever had writer's block when it comes to sharing your innermost thoughts and feelings? Being vulnerable...Continue ReadingWhere do words come from?
Today’s blog post comes from Book Proposal Boot Camp member and writer Kelly Tuten.
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“A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil...Continue ReadingThe Year of All Years to Finally Write A Book: 2021 is Your Year!
At COMPEL Training, we understand the disappointments of delayed dreams and crushing disappointments that many of us felt during 2020, which is why we have a unique, FREE offer for you...
Continue ReadingCOMPEL Training’s best writing wisdom from 2020! (Check out our video!)
Friend, I’m not sure where your heart or head is at today. Maybe your heart is bruised from the past year, maybe your weary soul aches. I get it. This year has been hard and heavy,...
Continue ReadingTaking Your First Steps as a Writer
Today's blog post comes from Encouragement for Today writer, Alexandra Hoover. I remember the first time my daughter, Leilla, took her first few steps. She was right around 1, wobbly knees, feet stumbling, adrenaline rushing. Our house...
Continue ReadingWriting What Resonates
Today's COMPEL blog post comes from Encouragement for Today writer, Kelly Barbrey. It’s rare I sit down and write a devotion or blog post without letting the idea percolate...
Continue ReadingOur God is Not a God of Maybes
Today's COMPEL Blog post comes from Encouragement for Today writer, Corrie Gerbatz. It was 1:00pm. The time I had intentionally set aside to write. And yet there I stood in the kitchen, wiping down the counters, reorganizing all the...
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