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Five Point Plan for New Writers
1. First decide exactly what it is you want to do. Be it to write a novel, publish a story in a magazine or self-publish a collection of your poems. Until you know what you want to achieve, you cannot make a plan. If you want to do several things,…
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Writing Prompts from Life
People often ask me how I come up with ideas for stories. I’ve never had a problem with finding ideas as they are all around us. Things you hear, things that happen in the news, or places you’ve been to, can inspire you...
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Memories From Your Loft Helps Writer’s Block
How sorting through memories in your loft can help with writer's block or just give you some good material...
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Writers Helping Writers
Our Guest Blogger Carol, gives you her tips on how to seek help from other writers...
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Why You Should Do NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month is run between 1-30th November each year. The aim is to write 50,000 words. Wait! Before you move away telling yourself you can’t do that, please hear me out.
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Self-Published Your Book? What’s Next?
In Part 1, I showed you how to prepare your book, proofread it and how to publish it to Amazon and Smashwords. So what happens next?
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Writing for Women’s Magazines
When I was new to the womag market, I sold my first story within four months of submitting them, so if I can do it, you can too. Here are my top tips to help you start writing for women’s magazines.
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A Walk in the Dark
Many years ago our Writing Group set this 20 minute exercise to describe A Walk in the Dark, while thinking about the senses. Thinking of sounds and smells is still valid and many of us forget to include these in our writing...
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Don’t Let Fear Hold You Back
Is the fear of rejection holding your writing back? Discover how I turn a rejection into a positive thing...
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