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We're nearing the end of October, which means it's almost National Novel Writing Month again! If you are preparing to tackle the 50,000 word challenge, you may be nervous about trying to keep motivated and come up with some...
If you haven't visited our social media recently, you might have missed out on seeing the great entries to this year's Pack Your Paperblanks contest. From exotic travels to tourism in their hometowns, entrants submitted a variety of envy-inducing vacation...
Whether you are on a strict deadline or just want to write because you enjoy it, not being able to think of an idea is frustrating. You can have all the best writing habits in the world, but if...
Part of the fun of taking a really great vacation is reflecting on the memories you've made. We're all for living in the moment but that doesn't mean you can't set aside some time to take notes. The beauty...
There are many ways of keeping organised – from a hastily jotted sticky note to a highly trained personal assistant. But somewhere in between those two extremes lies a tried and true method: to-do lists. To-do lists have been...
Writer's block is a popular topic on most writing blogs. Is that because the bloggers are "blocked" for thinking up some new topic? Well, maybe that's a part of it, but the real reason writer's block is so commonly...
The goal of our Writing Wednesday series is to offer helpful and interesting suggestions that you might not have thought of. But sometimes the best ideas are the ones tried and tested by the real pros – internationally successful...
We are excited to announce that we are officially launching our Endpaper Blog newsletter today! We'll be sending a weekly digest of what's been happening on the blog (plus some exclusive newsletter-only content, too) so you can stay in...
We all know that writing in a journal is a great way to express your innermost thoughts. It's easy to see why keeping a journal might be helpful to log personal goals, dreams or even setbacks. But the specific...
In writing, there are certain mistakes that are common traps. There are grammatical issues (like using an adjective instead of an adverb) and punctuation problems (like comma splices) that even the best writers fall victim to from time to time. But these...