Learning how to create a character can be a challenge. There are various ways to approach it. Some are quite complicated and can be off-putting to a new writer. Others can be great on paper but they tend to be too academic – meaning they create totally unbelievable characters. I drew up my quick and easy […]
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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. […]
HOW TO BE CREATIVE
MYTHS ABOUT CREATIVITY We all have ideas about what makes you creative and some of these ideas are myths. I am going to talk about three of these myths. MYTH 1 YOU CAN TELL A CREATIVE PERSON BY LOOKING AT THEM. This is simply not true – you can be as conservative or controversial as you […]
What Are Writing Prompts?
Writing prompts are words and phrases that serve to trigger your imagination and help you form new ideas. For example: The body was still warm. I bet an image of a body appeared in your mind. Did you wonder about the body? Maybe you began to concoct a story around the image? Well, that’s how […]
Writing tools
There are plenty of writing tools available but what do you really need? Should you write in longhand? Be like those old writers and use a manual typewriter? Or, does the computer rule? It would be great to be able to say that the pen and paper are all the writing tools you need but […]
Hooked on the Internet
Another very common problem for writers and non-writers is feeling they are ‘hooked on the net.’ The amount of hours the Internet can steal from right under our noses doesn’t bear thinking about. In fact, I can’t bear thinking about it – myself. I admit that sometimes I just can’t avoid peeking at Facebook, or […]
The Power of Introverts
ARE YOU AN INTROVERT AND A WRITER? The power of introverts is a phrase I never expected to hear much. Power is more frequently discussed in connection with extroverts. Recently I watched a Ted Talk by Susan Cain and I was struck by how she expressed thoughts and feelings that I have also experienced, but […]
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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. […]