I often get asked for my favourite writing tips and without any hesitation I will always answer – write regularly. It doesn’t matter if you can only spare a half an hour. In fact, sometimes people under the most time pressure are more inclined to get the most things done. Like the saying goes – if […]
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Successful Writing and Creativity
WHAT IS SUCCESSFUL WRITING? How I measure success will differ greatly from someone else. Money is important – we need it to live but for me, it is essential to enjoy the creative journey. I am not being romantic or unrealistic. I have struggled enough with money in the past not to promote any fantasy […]
FUN STORIES FOR KIDS – WRITING FOOTBALL MAD
FOOTBALL MAD Being commissioned to write fun stories for kids was great but when I was asked to write a football story I was a little bit worried. I am not a football fan! Still I could learn and the funny thing was it turned out to be one of the stories I enjoyed writing […]
CHILDREN’S SHORT STORIES – WRITING FOOTBALL CRAZY
FOOTBALL CRAZY Writing children’s short stories can be challenging as well as fun. A few years ago I was a regular contributor for RTE RADIO ONE’s children’s FICTION FIFTEEN series. I wrote over twenty children’s short stories and each one was narrated by an actor, recorded and broadcast on Sunday evenings. I have often been […]
Practical Creative Writing
Welcome to Practical Creative Writing My name is Grace Jolliffe. I am a writer and live in Galway Bay on the beautiful Wild Atlantic Way route in Ireland. I have been writing stories since I remember how. I love to write and I created this site because I want to encourage other people to write […]
Narrative Writing Prompts
Narrative writing prompts are prompts that trigger creative ideas and help you form new ideas. Developing the ability to trigger new ideas for stories is essential for writers. The quickest way to learn this skill is by doing it – so think about the sentence below: He didn’t tell anyone where he was going. It […]
TIRED WRITING
ARE YOU TIRED WRITING? One of the problems writers face from time to time is being ‘tired writing.’ This is pretty normal during the editing/revision period as this stage can drag on and it can be draining to read the same pages over and over again. It is also easy to miss obvious mistakes at […]
EASY SCRAPBOOKING FOR CREATIVE WRITING
KEEPING A WRITER’S SCRAPBOOK Some writers find it really useful to keep a scrapbook and the best way is with an easy scrapbooking method. There are writers who may keep a lovely book filled with neatly tacked in images or inspiring prose, or some may just keep a jumble of images and scraps of paper in […]
Journal Writing
Are you thinking about keeping a journal – or struggling with deciding how to go about it? There are many books about creative journal writing out there. The approaches vary wildly. Some advice is quite rigid with rules hurled at the reader from every page. Some writers believe that writing down their free-flowing thoughts each morning […]
Planning a Character
Planning a character is important. If you don’t pay attention, you may find yourself with a character who is passive. A passive character is one who only reacts to changes around them and who never forces change for themselves. Characters who are passive, who don’t change, seldom make us want to follow them through a […]