In this edition of Tipster, we discuss the minimum viable audience. 

Only 1,000 True Fans

If you want to write, you want people to read what you write, right?

Melissa and I recently worked on a...

In this edition of Tipster, we return to the basics of writing. 

The Journey Sixty6 writing community is made up of writers at every stage of the writing life.

Some have never written much but...

"How do I find a literary book agent?" is one of the most common questions of aspiring writers.

Literary agent Don Gates, founder of The Gates Group, has a few ideas. He says that he, like most...

You may never have considered how curiosity makes your writing memorable. If you haven't, are you curious to know how?

Recently, Dave and I chatted about curiosity. We both self-identify as...

Mornings and I mix as well as homework and the weekend. The two are simply incompatible. 

That's why I rarely write in the morning (though, ironically, it's morning, and I'm writing...

In this edition of Tipster, our focus is on expanding your idea. 

A Tweet. A Facebook post. A blog post. A TikTok video. News articles. 

These are all types of short-form...

Some of you want to write fiction, others are writing memoirs. Still others are writing business books or other kinds of nonfiction books.

And others simply want to learn how to write better.

The...

In this edition of Tipster, our focus is on structuring a memoir. 

I (Dave) am re-reading one of the classics on how to think about structure in writing called "Draft No.4" by John McPhee.

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In this edition of Tipster, our focus is on flashbacks. 

Writing well is the ultimate life marathon.

As you work on your book project, you want to be growing in how you use language and how you...

In this edition of Tipster, our focus is on starting to write a book and specifying your big idea. 

If you've never written before, starting a book is crazy hard. Or at least crazy confusing.

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In this edition of Tipster, our focus is on narrowing the idea for your book. 

It's one thing to write a 600-word blog.

Another thing to write a long-form article of 3,500 words or more.

And a...

In this edition of Tipster, our focus is on short sentences. 

This is a short sentence.

This, too, is short. Only four words.

Can you write short sentences?

Several years ago, I read, "Several...