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Writing Prompts II

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Hello! How did you get on with last week’s writing prompts? (If you didn’t see them, scroll down to find them.) Hope you enjoyed doing a bit of writing for fun! If you learnt anything, jot your thoughts down in

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Writing Prompts I

Janet Wilson from Dernier Publishing

Hello everyone, and welcome to this week’s writing tip… actually, it’s not a tip this week, it’s a selection of seven writing prompts, just for a change, to grow your writing muscles! Last year I took up running for the

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Getting a Bit Stale?

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If you’re anything like our family, we have Christmas cake left way beyond Christmas (have you still got any in a tin somewhere?). That’s not a problem, because fruit cake will last and last. But have you ever gone to a tin and found a bit of sponge cake that was a bit dry …

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Read

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Last week we looked at defining our ideal readers. This is a pretty basic starting point for writing a relevant, engaging story.

Here’s something else that’s absolutely foundational to writing… every writer has to be a…

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Starting from Scratch – Target Readers

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Hello again writers, and once again thanks for being here!

Today we’re going to look at one of the absolute basics of writing stories…

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Happy New Writing Year!

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Happy New Year, and welcome to the first Write for a Reason writing tip of 2019! Thank you for joining us once again – I hope you will find the next 52 writing tips …

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Time to Set Your Writing Goals

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Do you set goals? It’s something I’ve been doing in the last few years, instead of New Year’s resolutions, which are way too easy to break (if you’re anything like me!).

Over the last few days of December I try to take time aside to…

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Happy Christmas!

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No creative writing tip today – I’m sure you’re all way too busy!

I just had to drop you a quick line, though, to say …

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Who Holds the Key?

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What do you think is the most important element of every story? What is it that makes a novel worth reading, for you?

Is it:

The plot?
The setting?
The length?
The author’s…

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The First Paragraph

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We all know that your very first paragraph is the one that can either hook, or turn off your readers.

Definitely worth spending some …

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