Dear Writers, I hope you are having a good summer. I recently spent a week in the Yorkshire Dales – what a beautiful place! They also have very clever dogs …
We all know that reading is vital for writers. Summer is now with us, which is a great time to catch up with your reading of children’s books. This will …
Dear Writers for a Reason, You know how sometimes writing can get really difficult, once you get over the initial enthusiasm of a story you have begun? I know it’s …
Someone asked me recently, what books would you recommend teens to read? I know this isn’t exactly a writing question, but bear with me. My answer was, what are they …
Here’s an idea for a quick writing exercise: What did you learn from church on Sunday? Spend 10 minutes freewriting your thoughts (no one ever has to see it, so …
Creative Writing Tip This question came up in our Writers for a Reason Unite membership group recently – How many protagonists can you have? Usually, we think of having one …
Creative Writing Tip – the Inciting Incident For the first few weeks of this year, a small group of us went through the material in the Write for a Reason …
In one of the modules in the Write for a Reason Academy, we look at conflicts. Without conflicts we have a pretty boring story! Imagine this scenario: a family go …
Hello my Writer Friends, We all know that if we want to be good writers, we need to read a lot. Sometimes it’s difficult to know what to read, though, …
