People new to writing novels sometimes think that the words should flow straight out on to the page perfectly first time. This…
Editing Your First Draft
The Best Way to Beat Overwhelm
If we want to build a wall, there’s no other way than brick by brick. Or if you’re more into cakes than walls (I’m thinking of Roald Dahl’s Matilda), the only way to eat
Getting Better
The most common thing new writers ask me when I’m talking about Write for a Reason is “How do I know if my writing is good …
Pigs, Wolves, and a Story Worth Telling
If three little pigs built beautiful houses of different materials and lived in them happily ever after, there wouldn’t be much of a story to tell, would there? But suppose a …
3 Reasons to Set Your Novel in a Place You Don’t Know
A couple of weeks ago I posted a writing tip with 7 reasons to set your novel in a place you know. This week we’re going to look at three reasons you might want to set your novel in a place you…
How to Turn Your Holiday into a Story
Today I have a thought-provoking creative writing tip for you! As you know, I’m always urging you to read. Well, following my own advice, last week I read Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier while on holiday in Cornwall. 🙂
Writing for Fun
Writing should definitely be fun! If you have a gift for writing, it will at times flow out of you as if you were born to it, and make you smile. Of course, there will be days when you have
Will You Be Successful?
Few authors make big money with their writing, but that doesn’t mean to say you can’t be successful. It depends…
Small Beginnings – Everyone Has One!
Whatever we do, we have to start small. Babies babble, then say a word or two, then gradually their vocabulary increases. We were all there once!
It’s the same for everything we do – we have to start small, learn how to do it, and persevere. There’s no other way to get anything done! You can’t just sit down…
Easter People
I was talking about Easter yesterday, with my husband. Although we celebrate Easter once a year, don’t we live in the reality…