Dear Writer Friends, We all have words we use all the time. They are part of who we are. This, of course, will naturally seep into our writing. Here’s a …
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 …
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, …
Dear Writers for a Reason, Last week I promised you more writing prompts, so here they are: 7 Writing Prompts 1. Digging in your/a friend’s garden, you uncover something metal. …
