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Ten Tips for More Organized Writing

Are you always searching for your leads or notes? Do you forget great ideas? Here are ten tips to help you stay more organized: 10. Remember, alphabetical filing is not always the best option, especially for creative people. You may need to create your own system that helps you remember where to look for things. 9. If you keep hard copy files, try using color coordinated folders when you file things. Blue might be for characters for your novel while red might be clippings or thoughts you plan to use to create fillers for magazines. Use a different color for … Continue reading →

Freelance Writing: Keeping Track of Ideas

One of the greatest challenges faced by the freelance writer, besides finding leads, is coming up with ideas and keeping tracking of them. The truth is you can find inspiration everywhere, but you may be working on something else when an idea hits. Write the idea down and tuck it away where you can find it again when you need it. I had a terrible habit of grabbing any paper I could find from a napkin to a matchbook cover and writing ideas down with anything within reach from a crayon to once using an eye liner pencil. Now, I … Continue reading →