When given the opportunity to talk with a successful writer, and coax out some advice, it seems the advice given always revolves around, or at least comes back to, the same theme again and again:
“Write 1,000 words a day”
That’s at least what I’ve come to notice with my own experience anyway. So, if there is one true “secret” to finding success as a writer, I’m thinking it probably has something to do with writing 1,000 words a day.
What makes writing 1,000 words a day so damn difficult?

A few posts back I told you about the latest 13 screenwriting blogs I was reading-today, I’ve got 7 more screenwriting blogs for ya!
The majority of the following blogs are either blogs I’ve stumbled across through other blogger suggestions or those of which I’m following via Google Friend Connect. I’m pretty sure most are updated regularly, so you should subscribe to them or follow them if possible because there’s some good stuff going down!
I’m working on compiling a list of blogs to check out for the sidebar over yonder ->, …

Whether you believe in it or not, writer’s block can be severely debilitating to the screenwriter – so much in fact, it’s safe to say that it’s probably why most people move on from the screenwriting craft.
Like any form of evil, writer’s block comes in all shapes and sizes – those inexplicable spells that keep you from writing more than a handful of words one night, the inability to focus on the scene at hand, or the distracting thought that going to the store might actually help you in some …

The team over at FUEL is hosting a pretty fun competition for writers of all kinds in their comments section – it’s fun and quick, so be sure to get involved and share your tip as a writer!
Rules:
Post the best writing tip you’ve ever received (either in school, from a book on writing, a tip online, etc.) in the comments section of this post at FuelYourWriting.com.
That’s it – the team behind FuelYourWriting will be choosing the winner at the end of the week, so hurry and post. You can also …

Today I’d like to explore not only one of the oldest questions aspiring writers have been asking since the dawn of writing, but the answer as well. The reason why aspiring writers are often stuck on this question is because the answer is over simplified, so I’d also like to look into a few ways aspiring writers can embrace the answer and move beyond the question.
So, where do ideas come from?
Ideas are suggested by life.
This version of the answer is usually unsatisfying to aspiring writers not only because of how …