Tag: creative writing
Mentoring Women Writers
I think one of the things I’ve most appreciated since becoming a published writer is the support I’ve had from other writers. Writing can be a lonely business. Don’t get me wrong, it can also be a rewarding and hugely satisfying business too, but occasionally it can feel isolating. The voice of self-doubt that plagues […]
5 Steps to Original Character Creation
If you’ve done any fiction writing any your life, you’ve probably received some writing advice. And you were probably to do this: Avoid clichés in your writing! But what’s hilarious about that advice is that the advice itself is a cliché. (Whoa, so meta.) In fact, writing advice itself is full of great clichés. Let’s all […]
Why I Chose to Self-Publish
I’m sure there are some who write entirely for themselves, but most of us do so for other people. But how do you get your words turned into a book, so that your story can be shared? The traditional route was to attract an agent. He or she would then go on to find a […]
Wordsmithing: Go For It
Words. Individually they’re just symbols on a page. Meaningless, really. But when you string them together into a sentence that conjures up feelings and images, THEN you have something. That’s what I call creative wordsmithing. We’re all capable of it if you put forth a little effort. True, some are better at it than others, […]
Critiques: Giving and Receiving Feedback
You know the old adage, ‘practise makes perfect’? Well take it from me, it’s a load of codswallop. I could practise hitting a tennis ball over the net from now until Christmas but without someone giving me pointers on how to improve my hold and demonstrating how better to follow through with each stroke, it’s […]
The First Rule About Writing Club…
We met Nettie Thomson on Twitter, an ocean apart, and she delightfully stepped up as one of our first guest bloggers, something we’ll always be grateful to her for. NettieWriter’s first post was so well loved (20 comments to date), that we encouraged her to write again. See how you like Nettie’s voice and what […]
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