There are countless creativity and therapeutic benefits to keeping a journal, many of which we have written about here on the Endpaper Blog. But if you've recently picked up a new journal and are having trouble finding the motivation...
Writers, at any stage of their career, are going to come up against roadblocks. Whether it's finding time to write, facing criticism or dealing with writer's block, it can be hard to continue to pick yourself up after numerous...
There are some people that a writer needs to have in his or her life. Do you need an unbiased editor? Yes! Do you need an audience? Yes! Do you need an agent? Well, that answer is more complicated.
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Well it's official – 2016 is a thing of the past. A fresh mindset is the perfect way to get a fresh start in the new year, and what better way to accomplish that than by setting some goals?
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Having trouble setting some attainable goals for this new year? Feeling a lack of inspiration going into 2017? Check out these ten famous resolutions below for inspiration, or at the very least, a chuckle.
1) Susan Sontag, writer
"Kindness, kindness, kindness. I want...
The life of a writer can be hard. Whether you are struggling to "make it" while balancing your regular job with your writing, or if have found some success but now must focus on maintaining it, the lack of...
A lot has been said around the reasons why writers write. But it's not just the creating of the words that's important, it's the consuming of them too! For today's Writing Wednesday we're looking past the initial writing process and...
The concept of spontaneous writing to loosen up your flow is nothing new. In 1953 Jack Kerouac even wrote down the "essentials" of this style, in an attempt to explain to Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs how he...
Who says the life of a writer has to be a serious one? These ten authors have taken great joy in the sometimes painful aspects of choosing the writing life.
On the Freelance Life
"The dubious privilege of a freelance writer...
Open-source software can help to link the technology-inclined from around the world, and is used to develop diverse platforms such as WordPress, 3D printing guides and even cola recipes! CARTO and OpenStreetMaps are great examples of how open platforms connect all...