The Daily Port of Call: March 6, 2014

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In today’s Daily Port of Call, you’ll find common writing mistakes found on social media, how Steven Pressfield gets ideas, and how your friends affect your creative work.

Do you make these writing mistakes on social media?

Writers at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference answer the question, what does the term "successful writer" mean to you?

Find out how Steven Pressfield gets ideas.

Here are three good things about disturbing fiction.

Discover how your friends affect your creative work.

Procrastination be gone: Tips for staying focused while you write.

The Daily Port of Call: March 5, 2014

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In today’s Port of Call, you’ll discover how to effectively banish your inner critic, explore setting as part of your story, and learn to make the most of 140 characters.

Here is a comprehensive article on how to effectively banish your inner critic.

Do you read and write outside your primary genre? You might want to give it a whirl.

Three simple rewriting tips to unload unnecessary words.

“Setting is not so much about the objective reality (what happens to be in a room) as it is about subjective need (what the character is experiencing).” Here is an exploration of setting as part of story.

Understanding character wounds: “Because wounds influence a protagonist’s behavior so deeply (to the point he will do almost anything to avoid feeling such pain again), it’s important to have a good grasp on what emotional trauma from his past is now shaping his present.”

Twitter tutorial: How to make the most of 140 characters.