Janet – Write for a Reason

Closing Story Arcs

Something very practical this week! Closing story arcs is a vital part of our stories. What do I mean by that? Here’s an example: A girl moves with her dad to a new town after her mum dies. She has

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Positive Affirmation is Not Just for Dogs?

Hi {{ subscriber.first_name | strip | default: “there” }}, How did you get on with last week’s goal setting exercise? I hope you found it useful! ( If you didn’t get to do it but would like to, you still can:

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Are your writing goals big enough, or small enough?

Happy New Year! Sorry to be slightly late in this greeting. Unfortunately, along with a huge number of other people, I’ve had some kind of virus – I didn’t feel so well last week. But here I am again, still

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A Quick Way to Add Atmosphere to Your Story

Good morning my writer friends, I’m writing to you today from a snowy London! The snow reminded me of something that will definitely help your novel with atmosphere – make sure you talk about the weather! You don’t have to

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Secrets!

Good morning my writer friends! I don’t know what it is about the dark evenings and long nights that makes me think of secrets… I’ve taken this week’s writing tip from our November Writing Challenge. (If you want to do

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A Fun Writing Exercise For You!

Today, instead of a writing tip, I have a ten-minute writing exercise for you. 🙂 The idea is to describe what your protagonist is wearing at the beginning of your story. (Or if you haven’t got a story right now,

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Why Choose the First Person Narrative Voice?

There are many and varied reasons for choosing to use the first person voice (I, we, she/he) instead of the third person (he, she, it/ they/them). Here I’ve looked at five reasons you might wish to use the first person.

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Using All the Senses

A quick creative writing tip on using all the senses in your story. I know you know this, but the exercise will cement in your mind some great ways to do this. :-). If you find it helpful, please pass

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7 Common Problems Writers Face When Writing Their First Novel (and what to do about it)

Well, that’s not a pretty face, is it? Still, all in a good cause! Hope you find the video helpful. 🙂 If you’d like more information about the Writers for a Reason Unite group, click here.

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Secondary Characters – Have You Got Them Covered?

Here’s a writing tip that came up a couple of weeks ago when I was running a writing workshop in Hungary, with an international group of writers. (It was such fun!). Somebody asked, how many secondary characters should we have

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