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 …
