Writing tips and tricks I’ve picked up over the years – mostly for fiction, but with some nonfiction advice mixed in too.
A book synopsis is a condensed version of your novel that showcases the most important elements of your story – your characters, conflict, and resolution. It’s a tool that helps…
The angle of your writing piece is its message — it’s what you are saying in the writing piece. You can write about any topic, but you’re not really saying anything unless you’re approaching…
The story pacing is really important if you want to keep a reader engaged. Especially if it’s a long story because that means you have to keep them engaged for…
Do you write for yourself, or do you write for the reader? Everyone has a different opinion on this, but I think the question of who you’re writing for really…
How well do you need to know your protagonist before you start writing about them? If you believe the lists of character questions found online, you need to know your…
If you’re writing to communicate, you need to make sure the reader understands what you’re communicating. This starts with knowing what you want to say – and ends with how…
If your first line isn’t a winner it can be a deal-breaker. So, in other words, either really good or really bad. I tend to write my blog posts off…
I’m a writer. I write to organise my thoughts, or process them, and because I enjoy it. Life gets busy though, and my writing routine tends to fall off the…
There are plenty of writers’ quotes out there taken from their books, but what about writers’ quotes about writing? Is that a confusing sentence? It is, isn’t it? Don’t worry…
It’s that stage of the creative process again – when I learn so much about writing that I don’t feel like I can continue editing my novel until I’ve done…
