Monday night I attended a panel given by a Boston-area writing group. My own writing group is coming up on our one year anniversary, so here are some take-aways from their talk, and from my experience.

Want a way to truly get to know your characters? Pick a Myers-Briggs personality for them.

Take the anxiety out of writing — especially freelance writing, which is compounded by having to create great work for others — by simply pounding out a shitty first draft.