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3 Ways to Sharpen Your Writing Skills

Writing for Children BlogBy Syd VincentJanuary 23, 2025Leave a comment

There are a few ways to sharpen your writing skills, and some may surprise you.

1-16-25 ICL BLOG - 5 Needful Resolutions in 2025 for Writers (2)

5 Needful Resolutions for Writers in 2025

Writing for Children BlogBy Syd VincentJanuary 16, 20251 Comment

New Year resolutions can be fleeting things. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have best writing year possible.

1-9-25 ICL BLOG - Four Things You Need to Know About Writing for Anthologies (1)

4 Things You Need to Know About Writing for Anthologies

Writing for Children BlogBy Syd VincentJanuary 9, 2025Leave a comment

Anthologies need stories. Therefore, it’s helpful to understand how anthologies work.

1-2-25 ICL BLOG - What Will You Do in the New Year

What Will You Do in the New Year?

Writing for Children BlogBy Syd VincentJanuary 2, 2025Leave a comment

To ensure we actually use the new year well, we might want to make a few writing goals.

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5 Ways Writers Can Prep for 2025 Goal Setting

Writing for Children BlogBy Syd VincentDecember 26, 2024Leave a comment

Let’s harness our optimism for the blank slate before us and prepare for our 2025 Goal Setting just for writers.

Writers Dealing with Constructive Criticism

4 Ways Writers Can Positively Deal with Constructive Criticism

Writing for Children BlogBy Syd VincentDecember 20, 2024Leave a comment

Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Creatives can be thin-skinned. We love what we do, and we invest a lot of ourselves in the work we create. As a result, criticism of our work can feel like criticism of ourselves. And the more personal…

Rejection and Reflection for Writers

Rejection and Reflection for Writers

Writing for Children BlogBy Syd VincentDecember 12, 2024Leave a comment

Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > The best way to completely avoid rejection in the submission process is never to submit. That’s also the way to avoid publication. Some writers do a lot to avoid rejection. I, for example, primarily do work-for-hire projects, so…

Holiday Writing for Children's Writers

Happy Holiday Writing for Children’s Writers

Writing for Children BlogBy Syd VincentDecember 5, 2024Leave a comment

Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Holiday time is officially here and with it holiday writing. In fact, we’ve already been through a few big holidays with Thanksgiving and Halloween. During fall and winter, the holidays come fast and varied. And no matter what…

8 Ways to Improve Your Nonfiction Articles

8 Ways to Improve Your Nonfiction Articles

Writing for Children BlogBy Syd VincentDecember 2, 2024Leave a comment

Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Nonfiction article writing suffers from bad press. Beginning writers think it’s probably boring, and that kids would rather not read it. Interestingly enough, that isn’t true at all. Many kids love nonfiction. For some, it’s preferred over fiction.…

10 Effective Article Endings

Riveting Resolutions: 10 Effective Article Endings

Writing for Children BlogBy Syd VincentNovember 21, 2024Leave a comment

Facebook Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Writing an effective nonfiction article ending is one of the most easily overlooked aspects of crafting such a project. Many writers simply want to stop writing when they’ve shared all the information they gathered. And you can find…

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