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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3 Worst Novel Writing Mistakes and How to Fix Them
All writers make mistakes. There’s not a single person alive or has been alive on this planet who can sit down and write a novel and have it be perfect from the first draft. Even the great authors you idolize made mistakes when they were first starting out and there's nothing wrong with that.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
Is Fanfiction a Valid Form of Writing?
Do you write stories about characters that already exist? Do you love writing about your favorite book or movie characters falling in love with someone they hadn’t in the original story? Does writing about your two favorite characters from different genres meeting bring you joy?
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
Ways to Beat Writers Block
What is Writers Block? If you haven’t experienced this before I hope you never have to, but writer's block is essentially being excited to write, making a cup of coffee, sitting down to write, and then staring at the blank page for five hours without putting a single word onto the page.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
“You Need to Write Every Day to be an Author” is the Worst Advice I Have Ever Heard.
“To be a better author you need to write every day.” I come across this advice almost every day and I’m sure we’ve all heard this advice as often as we’ve been told to look both ways before crossing the road. But, is this really the best way to become a better author?
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
The Craziest Advice About Writing I’ve Ever Heard
No matter what field of work you try to go into there will always be someone around to give you advice. Whether you asked for it or not and it doesn't matter how long you may have been doing the work before they arrived or even if you're an expert... they'll have advice.
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Journal
January 1st is the Worst Day to Start your New Year Resolutions
This happens to us every year. The holidays start creeping up on us one after the other. First, it’s almost Halloween and we’re complaining about seeing and hearing all those Christmas things when it isn't even November yet. We all start saying the same thing, “Wow, Christmas gets earlier every year.”
By Elise L. Blake4 years ago in Motivation
