• How to Effectively Overcome Writer’s Block

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    Overcoming writer’s block is an achievable challenge. By incorporating effective methods such as engaging in creative activities during breaks, setting clear goals and deadlines, and outlining ideas before writing, you can regain your writing momentum. Remember, writer’s block is a common obstacle, but with persistence and the right strategies, you can certainly overcome it. Check out these effective and simple ways to combat that stuck feeling and help you find your writing groove. Go For a Walk Give your eyes a break from the screen and take a short walk around outside. The fresh air will help clear your mind,…

  • Why Do Writers Observe Their Surroundings?

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    Writers continually take in the world around them, cataloging sights, sounds, smells, and other sensations. They observe their environment with deep curiosity and awe, recording the minutiae of the unique scenes that unfold around them every day. Writers’ observations of conversations between lovers, a mother scolding her child, or a man walking alone at night can become the building blocks of a great story. But it’s easy for us as writers to overextend our power of observation as we write. Before we know it, we are stuffing each sentence and paragraph to the seams with moment-by-moment synopses, doggedly reporting every…

  • Writing Tips for Poets

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    Here at Xulon Press, we regularly see wonderful collections of devotional and creative poetry. Poetry is an art form that pours from the heart, encompassing a wide range of passions, from joy and thanksgiving to sorrow and grief. But poetry is both beloved and reviled, with many readers feeling uncertain of how to interact with such a subjective genre. Indeed, poets themselves often struggle with the balance between artistic license and necessary structure when penning their poems. To help navigate these difficulties, we have a few basic poetry tips for how to write and publish your best poetic work. Clarifying…

  • Multiple Narrators, One Story, No Sweat!

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    You can find it in fiction, non-fiction, even in cookbooks: more than one person narrating different portions of the book to offer various perspectives, beliefs and even manners of speaking (or writing in this case). If an author were interested in utilizing multiple narrators in his/her story, there needs to be considerations made to display the differences between the narrators. You don’t want many people supposedly narrating the story, but it appear only one person is describing the events of the story. As you craft your narration, think about the ages of the narrators. One example I came across while…