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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A CHILDREN’S STORY – EPPY’S ROAD TRIP
If you have just landed on this page searching for kids story ideas please note that this page is a continuation of a kids story ideas activity I began on another post. The story you see below is incomplete – as it is an example of a story I wrote using the children’s creative […]
SOCIAL NETWORKING
Social networking is considered by some people to be a more important skill than writing ability for writers. That may or may not be so. I hope not! Although if you can’t get your work ‘out there’ how can you get it read? In my last post about social proof I mentioned that I […]
Online Book Publishing
Online Book Publishing – Pros and Cons. Self publishing your book online is a great opportunity for writers. However don’t rush in – think before you do it. To help you decide whether this is for you here is a brief overview of the pros and cons. You can quickly upload a book and set […]
Writers Problems
Writer’s problems aren’t all about the writing. Sometimes it’s the way we work that causes the most difficulties. Writing isn’t cleaning the drains but it still isn’t the easiest job to do every day. Forget those romantic visions of writers sitting around in pubs being witty and eloquent all day before returning home to spend […]
The Copy Editor
WHAT DOES A COPY EDITOR DO? The copy editor, sometimes called a line editor, carries out a close concentrated inspection of the text, They seek out the ‘smaller’ errors such as grammatical, spelling, typing errors and incorrect wording etc. Some writers write very fast while others are much slower, and perhaps more methodical workers. They may stop […]
New Years Resolutions – for Writers
Even if you don’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions, the New Year is a good time to assess your writing and think about ways you can achieve your goals. If you are just starting to write, or even just thinking about beginning to write, the easiest thing to do is start with the very basics. […]
BREAKING WRITER’S BLOCK IN FIVE STEPS
START BREAKING WRITER’S BLOCK? When ever I think of the phrase ‘breaking writer’s block’ I get a mental image of some wild-haired, red-eyed writer, dragging an empty page out of an old-fashioned typewriter, then staggering round a room full of scrunched up pieces of paper before finding a half full whiskey bottle on the floor […]
FIVE QUICK STEPS TO START WRITING
WHY IS IT HARD TO JUST START WRITING? Whether we are just beginning to write, or have been writing for years, sometimes just getting started can seem difficult. Why? Does it mean we don’t want to write? Or, maybe we have forgotten something important – the reason we wanted to write in the first place. […]
BUCKET LIST
TO WRITE OR NOT TO WRITE We’re all familiar with the film ‘The Bucket List’ (2007) with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman starring as two terminally ill cancer patients who decide to break free from their limited hospital existence. They run away and do all the things they wished they’d done before they became ill. […]