Inspiration Thursday: Think of your book as a symphony
Listen to symphonies. Feel how the story unfolds through the rhythm and speed and volume and tone. Consider your writing as a …
Monday’s Quick-Grab Grammar: Interruptions and trailing off
When writing dialogue, use an ellipsis to indicate a character’s words trailing off, and an en dash to indicate their words being …
The Saturday Quote: Henry Miller
‘Writing is its own reward.’ – Henry Miller Don’t write to be rich or famous or critically acclaimed or win awards. Write for …
Inspiration Thursday: How fast can you write?
It may sound like a contradiction when you’re struggling to get the words flowing, but take some time out from writing to, …
Monday’s Quick-Grab Grammar: Sat/sitting
Don’t confuse the present participle of the verb to sit (sitting) with the past participle (sat). Not: I was sat on the …
The Saturday Quote: Sylvia Plath
‘The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.’ – Sylvia Plath She’s right. So make a choice NOT to pick yourself apart, and …
Inspiration Thursday: Don’t think about mistakes as you write
Turn off your spellchecker. Little red and green lines popping up as you type are mightily distracting. Turn off your inner editor. …