Writing Tips

It’s time to acknowledge and respect each other’s talent. — Yesterday, I had a dream that a professional writer was looking at my work and mocking it; I saw him laughing loud at my writing and his tears falling into my hands; I have no idea if those were tears of joy or self-pity. We will not have any war…

A first-person account by screenwriter Jason Hellerman on how his script Himbo made it on the 2022 Black List. I have known Jason Hellerman since 2013 when I interviewed him about a script he wrote called Shovel Buddies. The script not only was voted onto the 2013 Black List, it…

Medium.com — Officially👉 A Medium Corporation — Let’s peek inside! Where is A Medium Corporation’s headquarters? If I am ever in the neighborhood, by golly, I’m stopping by and introducing myself. — Why not? 🤳🏽Should I take selfies when I’m there? Of course…and videos. 👉Will you see them in a story on Medium? You know the answer to that! 💩 SHIT YEAH! —…

These journals will pay you if you get accepted. — Another thing that motivates you as a writer is getting paid for your writing. But does that seem easy?.. No! It’s not easy at all. Many writers give up attempting to get published in a publication all because they’ve faced several rejections. And besides, rejection is a common thing… Even…

Oh, no! I’m scared — Dealing with the comments section is one of the hardest parts of being on Medium. I love to respond to nice comments, but I usually don’t know what to say, so I wind up clapping for them instead. I started to ignore rambling, lecture comments because it’s a waste of…

Is there a way to repurpose our existing content? Ideas Welcome! — It dawned on me the other day that I’ve written around half a million words since I began writing on Medium almost precisely one year ago. HALF A MILLION? 😳 Yes, I joined Medium at the start of December 2021 and spent December reading, commenting, learning the platform and gaining…

Closing the loop on my earlier story about plagiarism — One day last week, I opened my emails and had a massive shock. Medium’s “Trust and Safety” (who knew, eh?) had dinged me for duplicate content. What happened was that in my writing process, a paragraph from a website I use for research ended up in my published story. It…