In my experience, there are two kinds of writers: over-writers and under-writers. I still haven’t met one who manages to write the perfect amount of scenes and words during their first draft, but if that’s you, do let me know! But even you might benefit from these new, meaningful scene ideas- Personally, I’m a chronic …
Challenging ourselves as writers is always a great idea, but do you know what’s the best thing about a 30-day writing challenge? It’s also great for getting you into the habit of writing. Especially if you don’t have loads of time to focus on your writing, staying consistent is the best way to make progress. …
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Summer can be a wonderful chance to write your own summery romance novel. But how do you go about doing that? In this post, I give you some pointers for how to write your dreamy summer romance and I share my best resources for writing love stories that make your readers go squee (or some …
You can’t have stories without conflicts, or more simply put, without problems. Cozy slice-of-life short stories are one thing, but if you’re writing a novel, you need one big problem and then smaller problems along the way. That’s how you make a story. But what are good conflict ideas for stories that you could use …
Becoming a better writer is an ongoing project. There’s always more to learn about writing great stories. If you only ever focus on writing novels without taking the time to do different writing exercises, you’re missing out on opportunities to practise your writing skills and to improve as an author. Imagine if a runner only …
Writing prompts are easy to come by on Instagram and Pinterest, but is there a benefit to using them? Keep reading to find out why writing prompts are important for all writers, whether they’re beginners or more advanced. What are writing prompts? In short, writing prompts are a starting point for what you’re writing. There …
Because I’ve always been making up stories in my head, I’ve kind of taken my imagination and all my ideas for granted. But I noticed a lot of people are googling for story ideas, and I figured I should use my skills for good and help them. I’ve used the genres in Save the Cat! …