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What do you mean “show; don’t tell”?

The advice “show; don’t tell” is readily dished out by writers. Which is all well and good if you happen[…]

When you get into writing stories, sooner or later people come along that try to fill your head with all[…]

This post is about “active voice” and “passive voice” in writing. I will show you why you should not worry[…]

Crafting a unique character with an interesting character backstory is quite easy – all you need to do is ask[…]

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[…]