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11 Ways to Find Inspiration for Your Next Story

It’s no secret that we love to write. Writing a new story and finding inspiration is one of our favorite things to do. However, finding inspiration isn’t always easy for writers. Whether you’re a writer with many stories or you’re just starting your writing journey, we’re here to help you. Keep on reading to find ways to get ideas for your next story.

This blog post is all about finding inspiration for your next story.

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What to do When You Have Writer’s Block

Every writer faces the dreaded writer’s block. To celebrate National Novel Writing Month, we’re offering some advice for how to work through it. This is especially useful for those who are participating and hoping to leave the month with 50,000 words written. 

So, what do you do when you experience writer’s block? We’re sharing with all of you ten strategies to help when you’re spending too much time staring at a blank page. 

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October 2022: How We Spent This Spooky Month

It’s Halloween!! We’re so pumped to watch some movies and eat candy tonight. While dressed up in our costumes, of course. October has been an eventful, fun and hectic month for the two of us. We’re ending the month with a relaxing night after many full weekends of activities. Even though it was tiring, we made some amazing memories.

How has your October been? We’d love to hear all about it in the comments.

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10 Benefits of Creative Writing

Something we bonded over right away was our love for creative writing. Our regular readers know that every month we release at least one chapter of The Misadventures of Johan O’Malley, our YA WIP. Creative writing is a stress reliever, and it allows us to have fun/goof around together. While we hope to be published authors one day, we also write because we enjoy it.

You don’t have to want to become an author to do creative writing on your own. There are many benefits to writing that don’t have to do with making it a career choice. Below, check out the benefits of creative writing and why we believe more people should try it. Do you like to write? Tell us about it in the comments.

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Chren’s Big Life Update

Hello readers, happy Tuesday! Something big and amazing happened over the weekend. We’re so excited to share with you some big news.

We mentioned in our Get to Know Chren post months ago that we are long distance best friends and have been for the entirety of our nine-year friendship. While we managed to stay close by talking every day, we always wished we had more time together. Every goodbye was sad and dramatic. Except, now we don’t have to say goodbye.

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Get to Know Chren

Welcome to According to Chren everyone! Since we’re new to the blogging world, we wanted all of our readers to have a chance to get to know us. Feel free to tell us more about yourselves in the comments section below!

1. We’re Besties!

The first thing to know about us is that we’ve been best friends practically since the moment we met. We met through a mutual friend and have been inseparable ever since. In fact, when we had to say bye to each other for the first time, we became super sad and spent the entire next day trying to schedule a visit ASAP.

We bonded quickly over our similar sense of humor and our desire to go on adventures. Eventually, we shared a passion for writing, psychology and creativity.

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