Category: Creative writing tips

Good morning writer friends! Not just a writing tip this week, but a writing exercise as well. 🙂

Do you have an alter ego from much-loved childhood story? I bet you enjoyed reading as a child, or you wouldn’t be reading this! I’m wondering, was there a book…

Dear Writer Friends,

Just a very quick message – I wasn’t planning on sending a writing tip today, for, as it’s Christmas Day, but I had an idea so I thought I might as well share it . . .

Of all the people you are spending time with today, who would make . . .

Hello again – can you believe another whole week has gone by?

This week’s creative writing tip comes from last month’s monthly programme, as we were looking at editing our manuscripts. One of the things I suggested looking out for, is anything . . .

Hello again, is it possible that another week has gone by? Amazing! But this means another creative writing tip, so here goes:

If you have used quotations in your story, either from Scripture or other sources, you need to make sure that . . .

Hello again, and welcome to this week’s creative writing tip!

In your writing, look out for stereotypes. If I say “grandma” to you, what image comes to mind? Grandparents of ten-year-old children are more likely to be . . .

Hello everyone, and welcome to this week’s free creative writing tip! I have taken this one from our monthly programme, which you are more than welcome to join if you want to go deeper with your writing. No worries if that’s not for you right now – I hope this will be helpful. 🙂

Once you have finished the first draft of your novel…

Morning, writer friends!

Today’s creative writing tip is for you, if you have finished the first draft of a novel. (Congratulations if you have, by the way!)

Here are my four BIG TIPS:

1. Leave your first draft alone for a while – a couple of weeks if possible. Coming to your story with fresh eyes will help enormously.
2. Make a . . .

Hi Writer Friends,

I have a really important creative writing related question for you this week:

What is your protagonist’s greatest need?

At the beginning of your story, your protagonist may not seem . . .

Hi everyone, and welcome to your creative writing tip of the week!

I make a habit of reading books of the age we publish for at Dernier Publishing, for research. It’s amazing how much you can learn from what other people have written. I thoroughly recommend it (if you’ve been receiving these tips any length of time you’ll know that!).

One book I’ve been reading recently has frequent use . . .