Our fourth writers’ blog carnival (November 2025) is open for submissions. The theme for this month is “your writing strengths”. Last month’s (but still open and running in parallel) is Work in progress (Oct/Nov)
What are your writing strengths?
We all have aspects of our writing that we excel at (or feel like we do) and those that require more effort – struggle even.
What are your strengths as a writer? (Here are some aspects of writing, but I bet there are ones I have not even thought of.)
- Plotting
- Planning
- Characters
- Dialogue
- Setting
- Emotion
- Pacing
- Clarity
- Sense of place
- Opening paragraphs
- Summary or elevator pitch
- Consistancy
- Disapline
- Doing the actual writing
- Ideas (for more ideas, check out Muse)
- Focus
- Editing
- Word count
- Typing
- Spelling
- Grammer
- Punctuation
Why do you think you excel at your writing strength?
Is it due to practice, natural talent, life experiences, a good teacher, your writing group, or something else? What has life, chance, or dedication done to grant you this skill?
What current weaknesses are you trying to turn into strengths?
For me, editing is a whole new game. I don’t feel confident in my editing skills as I do in some other areas. I owe everything I have figured out to feedback from the Thanet Creative: Writers’ group. I get a lot out of being part of a writers’ group.
What is a weakness you are trying to turn into a strength?
I look forward to reading your posts
I’m excited to see what you all write. Remember to link to this post and ping us with your entry. This post may close for new pings sometime after the month is over (or not). As long as it is open, late submissions are welcome.