Blogging for Writers

Blogging with the Writing Process

"If you're finding writing difficult, it's because you're not taking the writing in stages, and are trying to edit when you should be planning or just writing." - Angela Booth

I'm working on applying this advice to help me keep up with my blog. Hello! It's the writing process planning, writing, and editing. I preached it to my middle school students and am teaching it to my kids. Sometimes it can be condensed into short amounts of time. Sometimes, as in ACT/SAT tests, it has to be condensed. Other times the process can be spread out. The process could either by days long process or it could be minutes or hours.

The bottom line is to get my brain operating in the process mode. As I exercise with the process, my writing muscles will develop. My goals is to get better at writing quickly and well, another example of how blogging can help writers develop.

Too often I try to do the whole process in one sitting. Sometimes I can do it, most time it takes too long. I practiced Angela's suggestions with this post - just jotted down phrases and things at first, then came back to it over a few days. As Angela said in her post, sometimes she doesn't know the point until she writes about it. Her entry is full of inspiring quotes, take a few minutes to read it then go get your blog on.

Online Resource: FabWebWriter.com

You may be a "traditional" writer looking to add another dimension to your writing life through the web. You may be a writer who only writes on the internet. Either way, spend some time visiting Angela Booth's Fabwebwriter.com where you'll find tips on writing, making money writing online and scores of links to other resources, including some of her other sites, like her writing blog.

Angela has been blogging since 2002 and has been writing successfully for over 30 years, so she has insight from online and offline writing. She readily shares helpful ideas on her various sites. She also offers some e-books for purchase, which is another way a writer can make money online. :)

Fabwebwriter.com has an amazing amount of content. It's a great place to spend some time learning, kind of like going to coffee with Angela and benefiting from her experience. You can also subscribe to her Fab Freelance Writing E-zine.

Now, go fill your tank with some good stuff from Fabwebwriter.com. Then go get your blog on.