Learning to become a better writer is more than just reading writing tips on Pinterest. Here you can find all the posts about the craft of writing.
Although I’ve been writing stories ever since I learned to write, I hadn’t considered reading books about writing or intentionally learning anything about the craft until a few years ago. I do not exaggerate at all when I say it changed my life. My writing life, of course, but also my life in general when […]
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There are loads of opinions about writing character appearance so it can be confusing trying to understand what’s the right way to do it. Should you mention appearance at all? Do you need fancy words to describe the colour of someone’s eyes? In this post, I’ll tell you what really matters when you describe character
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For many of us, every month is a novel-writing month, but there’s just something special about participating in National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo. If you, too, would like to reach fifty thousand words written this November, read this guide to winning NaNoWriMo for the best tips and tricks that help you succeed
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If you’re participating on National Novel Writing Month – also known as Nanowrimo or just Nano – it would do you well to spend the previous month preparing for the event. And what do we call such a month? Preptober, of course! Writing fifity thousand words in 30 days is a big ask even for
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A non-writer recently told me that you basically have to be rich or retired to have the time to write books, and I was slightly confused because I’m not yet either of those things. And here I am, writing novels anyway. Weird, right? I have to be honest, though: I don’t have a day job
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There’s a lot of advice floating around on the internet about writing dialogue and not all of it is great. I mean, did you know real people stutter? And they use filler words a lot?? Yeah, I bet they do, but that has nothing to do with writing. In this post, we’re going to talk
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Medical history for writers is a series I’ve been planning to write for FOUR YEARS and never got around to until now. I was supposed to start by writing about plague but I figured I might as well start from something instead of waiting to do more research on that, so here we are, talking
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First they were enemies and now they’re lovers – but how does that happen? How do you use the enemies to lovers trope well? If you want to learn how to do that and get some enemies to lovers writing prompts while you’re at it, keep reading! You don’t need to write romance to use
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Who doesn’t love summer? Well, apparently a lot of people, but there’s still something special about the season. If you’ve come here to get ideas for summer stories, you’re in the right place. Previously, I’ve given you story setting tips about summer, so you might want to check that post out after you’ve found your
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