Writing Honestly While Honoring Your Relationships
Today, we have a special guest post from New York Times' bestselling author Karen Ehman. She is the author of thirteen books, a writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries First 5 app and on February 26th, she is releasing her latest...
Continue Reading Succeeding at that Interview
You’ve landed a contract for a profile article. It’s based on the story of a local hero. Of course, you have already discussed this with this person. You’ve talked with them about their story and asked permission, but...
Continue Reading New COMPEL Course Launches Today!
Today at COMPEL Training, a brand new course is kicking off called “Ways to Get Your Message Into the World.” This course is going to be a must have for any serious writer! One of the biggest...
Continue ReadingFour Self-Care Tips for Writers
Are you waking up, only to realize that you have “worked” all night rather than actually slept? Is that deadline taking over your life? Are you stressing because you aren’t where you want to be in your writing...
Continue Reading 5 Things that Help Move You From Parked to Published
You’ve wanted to write forever, but you feel that you are in park. You want to go somewhere with your words, but you feel stuck. In today’s Tuesday Tip, I share five things to help you move from parked to...
Continue Reading How to End Strong (Part 2)
Last week we explored two ways to end our devotions, essays, or articles strong. In today’s Tuesday Tip, we continue with two more tips. I am using past Encouragement for Today devotions as examples. I’ll share a...
Continue Reading How to End Strong (Part 1)
Over the past five years COMPEL has hosted several devotional challenges. Our in-box is flooded with entries and we love reading them. However, our team noticed that many of our writers started strong. They hooked us! They shared...
Continue Reading A new COMPEL Course and a free 2019 Writing Planner!
A new year has begun and COMPEL Training wants to help all writers get started with a bang! If you long to be more organized and intentional this year with your writing goals, join COMPEL Training and download...
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Denture Cream Ads and the Prolific Freelance Writer
A freelance writer studies a magazine market before submitting. There are several ways to do that, but in today’s Tuesday Tip I want to share one surprising way to help target a magazine’s audience. It’s found in the...
Continue Reading Freelance: Adding a Little Extra
When we think about writing an article, we often limit it to the article itself. Did you know that many markets also seek shorter ancillary pieces?