Writing Tips

Helpful tips and ideas to get you writing.

The key to flash fiction is brevity

Writing Flash Fiction

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For those who don’t know, Flash fiction or the short-short story as it is also known, is a type of fiction writing that relies on brevity and can be read – or written I suppose – in a flash. Surprisingly, at least… Read More ›

Writing Short Stories

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The first thing you should know before you begin to write a short story is: start in the middle! You might well be throwing your hands up in exasperation right now and saying to yourself, ‘well that’s just madness! Why… Read More ›

Further Writing Tips

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Just when you thought that there could not possibly be another single writing tip in the whole of existence left unexplored, I come along and drop another six on you! So here we go with a ‘further’ six writing tips:… Read More ›

More Writing Tips

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In procrastinating a dreaded revision of my current project, I have decided to write a follow-up to my previous post Writing Tips. After all, I’m always learning and finding out new ways of doing things and some of the information I post… Read More ›

Why I Write

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I have always loved to write. Even from the age of about five or six, I would rewrite my favourite fairy tales in my own words and try to invent different endings for them. The story of Goldilocks and the… Read More ›

Writing Tips

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Writing can be hard work, especially if you’re a beginner, so I thought I would share some of the tips that I have picked up from various places over the years in my attempts to hone my skill. So here… Read More ›