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
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
As we go further into advent, there is still so much uncertainty, worldwide, about covid and its spread. I just wanted to send you a short message of encouragement today, that no matter what happens, the Lord is with us.
Hello again my writer friends, and yes, it’s Monday again, so time for a new creative writing tip! This week I wanted to write about something which will help you with your stories, so I picked a topic which is essential…
Everyone hates rejection letters. Nobody likes being rejected! As a publisher, I hate writing rejection letters, because I know how much time and emotion an author has invested in their book, and I understand how tough it is to have
By the end of the Write for a Reason Academy you will not only have all the tools you need to write your best stories ever (for example, how to craft your beginnings and endings, create engaging characters, choose your narrative voice, weave your theme…