Author: Peggy Bechko

Peggy Bechko’s 10 Best Fitness Tips for Writers & Other Desk Jockeys

by Peggy Bechko

Let’s face it, we writers are all a bit crazy. We focus so strongly on what we’re writing the world seems to draw away and disappear. Meanwhile, our bodies are locked in position at our desks and we’re just a very short distance away from all sorts of aches and pains.

I’m not saying you have to take time to jump on your bike or run for miles, take up calisthenics or go swimming every day though of course all of that would be good to. Instead I’m going to let you know about a few exercises I know about that you can actually do from your desk. read article

Peggy Bechko’s Tips on the BEST Time to Write

by Peggy Bechko

You have a great idea.

You have lots of notes and the plot all mapped out in your head and maybe a synopsis typed into a word processing program.

It fires you up every time you think about it. But nothing messes up a great idea like not having the energy to bring it to life on the page. read article

Peggy Bechko’s 6 Reasons to Give Up Writing (?)

Pic found at soberrecovery.com for ironic reasons of our own

by Peggy Bechko

Here we are again, gang, and today I’m going to discuss the possibility with you that you just might want to stop writing, give it up, walk away, move on to other things. However you want to phrase it, maybe writing isn’t for you.

It’s too late for me, I’ve been published frequently, big houses, smaller houses, Indy publishing and scripts optioned. But, you might want to save yourself. It’s hard to make if you’ve invested a lot of yourself and your time into something that meant a lot to you but just didn’t pan out. read article

Peggy Bechko on Stuff You Should Never Ask A Writer

by Peggy Bechko

Today I’m going to approach things from the opposite direction of normal. As writers, whether novel or script or some other writing avenue, we’ve all heard a lot of weird questions. So, this is something you can pass on to your non-writing and some of your newbie-writer friends.

What questions should you not ask a Writer?

First – Is being a writer a real job? read article

Peggy Bechko on Writing: The End Goal of Writing Goals

by Peggy Bechko

Writing goals.

The very idea causes many (or is that most?) writers to shudder. Doesn’t matter if you’ve taken on some kind of ‘contest’ challenge to get a fixed number of words down on a page or if your goal is to just find the time to sit yourself down and get some writing done. read article