When you’re writing the first draft of your book or story, it’s not really too important that you have a target demographic or audience in mind. The most important thing at this stage is to actually get the story out… Read More ›
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Interesting Collective Nouns: Festive Edition – Part 2
Hi everyone! The research for my previous post Interesting Collective Nouns: Festive Edition proved so fruitful that it was necessary to split it in two. So, here are a further 10 festively themed collective nouns for you to muse over…. Read More ›
Interesting Collective Nouns: Festive Edition – Part 1
Hi everyone! It’s been a little while since my last Interesting Collective Nouns post and since Christmas is just around the corner, I thought I’d post a festive edition, just for fun. So without further ado, here are 10 festive… 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 SpeakersYou should always begin a new paragraph for each new… Read More ›
Shadow Creep
Hi everyone! As you may have noticed, I’ve really gotten into writing poetry lately; I find that it’s an excellent way to release some creative energy. So, after becoming inspired by a few recent bouts of sleep paralysis, I thought… 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 ›
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 ›
Writing Tips 8
Hi everyone, it’s been a short while since I’ve written a Writing Tips post, so I carved out a chunk of time this afternoon, and that’s just what I did! Don’t Underestimate your Readers It’s rather easy to fall into the… Read More ›