Can Visiting Art Galleries Improve Your Writing?
Art galleries don’t often figure on anyone’s radar, let alone a writer’s. Instead, they’re just somewhere to go when the weather is bad, or someone has come to visit your home town and you’re not sure...
View Article3 Reasons Why Writers Should Stop To Feed the Ducks
Writers by their very nature are often solitary, and often very ‘indoorsy’. Unless they make the effort to do so, it probably never crosses their mind to feed the ducks in their local park. It’s a...
View ArticleCan meditation really improve your storytelling?
Meditation just involves sitting on the floor, searching for nirvana…doesn’t it? Well no. There are many different types of meditation, depending on what you want to get out of them. But in this post...
View ArticleHave you ever taken yourself on writing dates?
Since August 23rd, you might have noticed more writing posts from me. 12, to be exact. All of them have been inspired by Claire Wingfield’s 52 Dates for Writers. 52 Dates for Writers The book is...
View ArticleWhy should, and shouldn’t, you do NaNoWriMo?
You pretty much can’t avoid NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) every November. Whether you’re an author yourself, or just someone who knows one, you’ll have seen that acronym pretty much...
View Article5 Simple Ways to Boost your Writing using CPD
Years ago, if you practised the skills needed for your job, you were ‘learning your craft’. Nowadays, it has a fancy new title, and most professionals are all too aware of ‘continued professional...
View Article21 Easy Things Writers Can Learn From the Design World
It’s often easy for writers to get stuck in the mindset of only ever learning from other authors. Whether it’s the interminable round of online courses, reading blogs, or listening to podcasts, writers...
View ArticleAwful first drafts are not the end of the world
Awful first drafts probably make up the bulk of the tweets I see about writing. If you’re reading this, then many of your contacts are probably writers. They’ve been through this too. Hell, maybe...
View Article[Guest Post] 3 Types of Advice for Writers You Can Ignore
I’m a big fan of self-education for writers. And the internet is stuffed with advice for writers – often from those with courses to sell. But how do you know what is good advice? What can you safely...
View Article8 Things You Need To Know About Hiring An Editor
Hiring an editor can sometimes seem to be a bit of a minefield, full of do’s and don’ts. It’s super important to have a proper editor look over your work, so I’ve thrown open my blog to the brilliant...
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