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This is how you stop character names giving you writer’s block

For some writers, character name selection can cause massive writer’s block. Naming your characters can seem like the most pressing[…]

Glenn Gers shares the six questions that all stories must answer. Who is about What do they want Why can’t[…]

These two writing mistakes which a particular pet peeve of mine. No matter how well everything else is written, these[…]

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

Thanks to Jason for this suggestion, we are going to take a deeper dive into the complexities and questions that[…]

I have been challenged to write about story endings. Which, if I am honest, I do not feel so confident[…]

Being stuck at home without anything much to do may very well be every families worst nightmare. Or not –[…]

The received wisdom is that writers should avoid adding prologue. But the humble prologue itself is not the problem –[…]

Getting started as a writer can often be the most intimidating part of the whole writing process. However, getting started[…]

Is your main character always an aspect of yourself – in other words, are your characters just you? I’m not talking[…]

One thing that we messy writers need to learn is this – failure is not fatal. The key thing, as[…]

There is a lie that abounds in certain circles of the so-called “natural writer”. But there is no such thing.[…]