The use of tenses and narrative viewpoints
For reasons I am going to explain, today we take a dive into tenses and narrative viewpoints. I recently asked[…]
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Category: Advice
Make your Word Processor work harder
Most writers use a word processor to type up or write directly. Here are some tips to work smarter not[…]
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Is it hard to become a writer?
Today we are going to take a deep look into the question, is it hard to become a writer? No.[…]
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Writers investigate: Bloody murder
What is a good crime or mystery without the presence of a dead body to really spice up the tale?[…]
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Flaws maketh character
Your hero or heroine should not be perfect. Far from it – their flaws and failings are what make them[…]
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A muse for your NaNoWriMo
With NaNoWriMo upon us again, you may be left wondering, “what do I write about?” Fear not for we have[…]
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Do you actually value your writing?
Recently we have been talking about how you value your writing. This discussion has mostly been in our Facebook group[…]
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Writing a business plan for your writing
It might seem like a crazy idea but have you ever stopped to consider the benefits of writing a business[…]
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Writing a letter from your main character
Today I’d like to challenge you to get to know your own character better – by writing a letter from[…]
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Writer’s anxiety: How to live with and overcome it
The experience of what is sometimes called writer’s anxiety can be crippling. Especially when that anxiety rears its ugly head[…]
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How to write a prologue that isn’t horrible
The received wisdom is that writers should avoid adding prologue. But the humble prologue itself is not the problem –[…]
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Terminate your inner racist through creative writing
Even the most “woke” of us has an inner racist. No one is born with an inner racist. Our inner[…]
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