Good morning my writing friends! Firstly, thank you all for the encouragement you have sent me regarding the podcast and the writing tips; I’m so glad you are finding them useful. Phew! I will carry on with the podcast, but
What Makes You Sit Down and Write? I guess the answer will be different for all of us. Some of you will be so fired up and determined to get your story finished, that you spend every moment you can
I know you know that it’s vital to get the beginning of your story right, so your readers are gripped and just HAVE to keep reading! Another thing you know is that reading is vital for your writing… I follow
Dear Writer Friends, The days are getting darker and colder… and wetter and windier! At the time of writing, we are due another storm in London tonight… Here’s a quick writing tip for you: Include lots of weather in your
I have a very quick writing tip for you for this week – well, it’s not so much a tip as a reminder… This summer, make a determined effort to read books that your own target audience enjoy. Whether you
Before you start editing your story, make sure you know your target audience. So, when you come to edit even as something as simple as your vocabulary or grammar, you will know the level you need to be aiming for.
This week, on Thursday, people all over the world will be celebrating International Women’s Day. This isn’t the place to discuss women’s rights, but it is definitely a place to think about writing books for our girls! It has long
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,
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
