Hi everyone, I hope you’re all making the most of your summer. It’s actually looking rather miserable up here in the north of England at the moment – more of a warm autumnal feel than summer.Anyway – today, I… Read More ›
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5 Tips for Writing Poetry
Hi everyone, I hope you’re well! I’ve been reading and writing a lot of poetry lately, and I’ve found that I really enjoy it. I never thought I’d have the slightest interest in poems – my mind has always been… Read More ›
Writing Tips 10
Hi everyone! I haven’t done one of these writing tips posts for a while, so I thought I’d write one today. So without further ado, here are another six writing tips to help keep you writing. Utilise Social Media Apps… Read More ›
5 More Tips for Creating Great Characters
Hi everyone, I hope you’re all having great, productive days! Seeing as I had a little bit of spare time this morning I decided to spend it writing a follow up to an earlier post, 5 Tips for Creating Great… Read More ›
Writing Tips 9
Hi everyone, I hope you’re all having a lovely start to the new year! It’s been a long while since I’ve written a Writing Tips post, and I figured it was about time. So, here are six more tips to… Read More ›
5 More Tips to Improve Dialogue
Hi everyone, I’ve found myself with an hour free this morning so I thought I’d post a follow up to my previous post ‘5 Tips to Improve Dialogue‘. 1 New Speakers You should always begin a new paragraph for each… Read More ›
Tips for Formatting a Manuscript: Part 3
Hi everyone, and welcome to the third and final part in the Tips for Formatting a Manuscript series. Without further ado, here are another 5 tips to help you polish up your manuscript so that it has the best possible… Read More ›
Tips for Formatting a Manuscript: Part 2
Hi everyone, and welcome to this, the second part in a three-part series of Tips for Formatting a Manuscript. You can find part one here and part three here. Alignment The main text of your manuscript should be ‘left-aligned’. Do… Read More ›
Tips for Formatting a Manuscript
Sending your book out to be appraised by professionals is a big deal; the chances are you’ve worked very hard for a very long time trying to make it as perfect as possible, and at the very least, you want… 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 ›