Hi everyone, I hope you’re all well! Today I’m sharing a little fable I wrote with you all. I hope that you enjoy it! The Robin and the Wren Under a heavy, grey sky thick with ash and dust, the… Read More ›
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Tell Me A Story
Hi everyone, I hope you’re all well and full of creative energy! I’m sharing a poem today, I hope you enjoy it! Tell me a Story Tell me a story to ease my mind And quiet my deafening thoughts To… Read More ›
Smudges
Hi everyone, I hope you’re all keeping well and keeping creatively fulfilled. Today, I’m sharing a piece of flash fiction. I hope you enjoy it! Smudges Max couldn’t sleep. For weeks now, at bedtime, he had found himself transfixed by… Read More ›
Sol-3
Hi everyone, I hope you’re all keeping well and healthy in the current climate. Today, I’m sharing a short story, with you – most of which I wrote in one of those ‘write for an hour without stopping’ exercises. I… Read More ›
The Percentage Plot Structure (or the Movie Plot Structure)
Hi all, I hope you’re well! Today I’m going to talk about the ‘Percentage Plot Structure’ also known as the ‘Movie Plot Structure’. It is a nice, easy way of outlining and structuring your plot in three acts, making sure… Read More ›
The Easy Outline
Hi everyone, I hope you’re all well and having an excellent day! Today I’m going to jump right in and talk about one of my favourite subjects: Outlining. As many of you will know, I am a huge proponent of… Read More ›
The Return
Hi everyone! I’m sharing a short story with you today that I wrote a long while ago, after reading an article in which Neil Degrasse Tyson spoke about how it might be theoretically possible to move a planet. I remember… Read More ›
Haunted Houses
Hi everyone, I wrote this poem about haunted houses as a bit of fun, and I thought I’d share it with you all. I hope you enjoy it! Haunted Houses There’s a house on almost every streetThat’s spoken of in hushed… Read More ›
5 Tips for Writing a Great First Chapter
Chapter one is often the most difficult chapter to write, and that’s because this is where we need to grab a reader and hold them until the end of the book. We need our first chapter to work for us,… Read More ›
Word Count
Many writers, especially new writers, wonder about how long their projects need to be. The best advice I ever received regarding word count, however, is simply not to worry about it, which is something that’s easier said than done, and even… Read More ›