Become a Writer Today

Would you like to write an allegory?

An allegory is basically a story that reveals a hidden meaning or moral. One great example is *The Alchemist* by Paulo Coelho. An allegory is necessarily as long a…

What is HitRecord?

HitRecord is a creative platform where writers can collaborate with illustrators, graphic designers other creatives across disciplines on short films, animations, scripts and more.

J…

Will it make our boat go faster? That's a question Great Britain's 2000 Olympic rowing team asked itself every day prior to winning gold in Australia.

For a writer, your boat might represent writing a…

Do you want to go from blog to book?

Nina Amir is the author of titles like *How to Blog a Book* and *The Author Training Manual*. Amir coaches clients and students through this iterative creative pro…

During the early 2000s, Canadian-lawyer Jon Dykstra faced a unique challenge. His employer wanted him to attract more clients through blogging and content marketing. So, Dykstra began writing about l…

COVID-19 is an unprecedented and worrying event. The closet comparison is the 1918 Spanish flu.

I'm handling this crisis in a several different ways.

Apart from following advice to wash my hands my fre…

Are you looking for profitable side hustle ideas? It’s not a good idea to depend on one income source. If you’re working a fulltime job, you could lose it and find yourself scrambling to pay the bill…

The biggest and most successful personal brands put their audiences first every time. And they get paid well for doing it. That applies to writers too. 

In this short episode, I explain how to get per…

Do you have a business disaster recovery plan?

Florida Keys-based ceramicist and painter Sally Binard’s home and livelihood were destroyed by Hurricane Irma in September 2017. With her studio and home…

Let's say goodbye to the myth of the starving artist.

Every writer and creative professional deserves to get paid... and there's no reason why you can't.

In this week's mini-episode, I cover 5 great wa…

What was the first children's book you ever read? Mine was The BFG by Roald Dahl. Thinking of that book could help you tell better stories and even connect with readers today.

That's an approach brand…

 Being able to earn money from your writing is an amazing feeling!

I'm sure we all wish that earning an income as a writer was as simple as writing something, thousands of people seeing it, and then m…

The internet is a noisy place for writers. If you want to build a relationship with readers and earn more from your creative work, consider starting a newsletter. Substack is an example of a popular …

January is one of my favourite times of the year. Much like a blank page, it's a fresh start rich with possibility.

A key part of any new year involves putting the past to one side. The best way to do…

Malaysian-Indian entrepreneur Vishen Lakhiani is writing three books at once and is the founder of Mindvalley (Mindvalley.com), a personal development online education company.

He's also the author of…

168 hours.

Every writer, no matter what stage they're at in their careers, gets the same amount of time each week to waste or spend.
So how can you accomplish more with what you have?

Nir Eyal is the au…

Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant co-founded Sterling & Stone and the authors of a touchstone non-fiction book Write. Publish. Repeat. They've just released the follow up to that book The Fiction Formu…

Dr. Megan Jones is chief science officer at Headspace, the company behind the popular meditation app of the same name. Meditation offers several benefits for entrepreneurs, leaders and creatives. In …

Do you want to become a more creative writer?

Dr. Roger Firestien is a creativity consultant and senior faculty member at the Internal Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State College in the …

What does it take to become a great leader? There are many great books on this topic. One book I read recently is Outward Bound Lessons to Live a Life of Leadership by Mark Brown.

From Ohio, Brown has…