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Word Choice: The secret power of a great writer

Word choice matters when crafting a story. Good word choice can make a good story into a great one. Just[…]

Inspiration to write can be found almost anywhere if you know how to look for it. Here are five ideas[…]

Fame. What is it good for? In this article we take a writerly exploration of fame. Many of us want[…]

Thanet writer, Jim Driver, shares a tip for writing better dialogue. Take away points from this video: Too realistic dialogue[…]

I have been challenged by Venita to address the topic of will it throw a reader to change tenses? If[…]

If you think this article has a weird name (The secret price of success when…), you are right. It is[…]

As most of you know November is NaNoWriMo month. The month in which we try to write a fresh novel.[…]

Writing description for a story – either you love it or you hate it. Either way, as writers, description is[…]

At the end of your story, your protagonist and their friends should have achieved some elements of success. As readers,[…]

The most powerful tool a writer has is the line of questions that begin “what if…?”. For example: What if[…]

Today we will take a look at dialogue and dialogue tags to answer some common questions. How often should we[…]

Fiction is, by its very nature, something you make up but that does not mean that research cannot play a[…]