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The scene and scene-sequel

Any story can be broken down into scenes and each scene works in the same way. You probably know that[…]

Writer’s block – when you don’t have it and the muse is with you it is great and when she[…]

If you come to Thanet Creative’s events for writers, sooner or later you may be asked to be a test[…]

I am about to share with you a secret that successful bloggers all instinctively know but few understand – cooperative blogging.[…]

Your writing will only ever be as good as you let it become. This year (2018) your writing gets better.[…]

In a story, there are five types of antagonist. Only one of those is what you would consider a “bad[…]

This post is about the business of writing because writing is a business. I’m going to do my best to[…]

Do magic systems in fiction need rules? I don’t know. But I do know that Brandon Sanderson, an author that has[…]

I have to confess that I struggle with creating a vivid sense of place sometimes. Usually when the setting is[…]

In honour of NaNoWriMo, let’s take a look at one of those topics that writers tend to Google far too[…]

Who else has heard of NaNoWriMo? If you have yet to encounter it, this is your introduction to something that will[…]

If you are looking for an audience for your stories you could do a lot better than targeting white able-bodied[…]