3 Things Writers Should Put in Your Notebook (And One You Shouldn’t)

The notebook is such a classic part of the writer persona that nearly every single stock image with the keyword “writer” has a notebook in it.

And why not? They’re useful. Daydreaming is a crucial part of the writing process, and you’ve got to put those down somewhere or they’ll get away from you.

How To Write Beautifully and Effectively for a Specialist Audience

Any piece of text—be it a novel, a blog post, or a personal essay—is essentially an abstract link connecting a writer (or several of them) with an audience.

Unless the work in question is a highly unique piece of writing, such as an “eyes-only” report meant only for the CEO of a company, the audience is ideally expected to be as large as possible. Who would write the next “great American novel” wanting it to be read by a few hundred people, right?

Even on a more modest scale, blog writers understandably expect their texts to be read by as many people as possible. The same is true also for op-eds or, say, fashion articles.

But are all texts written for everyone?

The answer must be “no.” Whereas a writer of contemporary fiction or a current-affairs journalist probably writes having a fairly general audience in mind, reality is different for many other authors.

The Successful Writer Mindset: Stand Out From the Crowd

Glancing at the laptop screen, waiting for that email to pop up. Spending hours on a draft, researching and sculpting it, just to find out it got rejected. You’re frustrated and running out of patience—after all, you’ve put in a lot of work. More importantly, this is not how it goes in those success stories!

Outsource These 6 Tasks and Gain Extra Time to Write

Alright, picture this: You’re a professional writer with your own business, but you struggle every day to find time to write.

But it wasn’t like that in the beginning.

When you first started your business, you had no other choice but to do everything yourself. Money was tight, but it was still exciting because, finally, you were doing something you’d dreamed about for a long time. Even those areas you were clueless about, you went out of your way to improve on, and you still had time to write.

More recently, though, your business has grown and you have more money coming in.

But—while this is good news—you now have an increasing number of business tasks competing for your time and attention, in addition to your writing.