Elise L. Blake
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Elise is a full-time writing coach and novelist. She is a recent college graduate from Southern New Hampshire University where she earned her BA in Creative Writing.
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The Biggest Problems Writers Have That No One Talks About
Writers in media are often portrayed as either the lonely hermit sitting in a dark room and talking to themselves as they typic almost frantically on the keyboard or the rich celebrity walking down red carpets and fending off movie deals left and right.
By Elise L. Blake2 years ago in Writers
Advice From The World's Most Successful Writer
I will start this article off with the preface that the world's most successful author is subjective. When you take to the internet to find the answer it tells you Shakespeare, but since he did not set out to be an author and as revenge for the number of times I had to read his plays while completing first my English degree and then my Creative Writing degree - I'm excluding him based on the simple fact that I can.
By Elise L. Blake2 years ago in Writers
The Best Writing Habit To Start In The Next 30 Days
Looking to start a new habit to help you along your writing journey? Since it's the beginning of the month now is the perfect time to implement one into your routine.. and it's even a bonus that it's a short month so if it doesn't work you don't have to stick with it for too long.
By Elise L. Blake2 years ago in Writers
3 Writing Habits You Need To Stop
Writers are not immune to bad habits especially when it comes to staying hydrated, sitting up straight, keeping our desks clean, not procrastinating our writing, taking breaks when looking at screens for hours on end, or finding excuses why we just haven't finished that novel yet.
By Elise L. Blake2 years ago in Writers
The Balance of Navigating Writing and a Full-Time Job
For most writers, there is always the dream of being able to spend the day lounging around and writing stories that sell enough to pay the bills, but instead, they have to wake up at ungodly hours and have a long commute to a job that they may or may not like, before dragging themselves home and into bed before repeating it all the next day.
By Elise L. Blake2 years ago in Writers
