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How To Manage Writers Guilt

When you’re a writer, you may well occasionally feel guilty. In our driven society, it’s not unusual to feel like this if you’re doing anything that isn’t “work” but is vaguely important to you. So how do you cope with… Continue Reading →

A Final Editing Checklist

Editing your writing is a long process. There’s no magic wand for it, nor a whistle that blows when your done. But before you send it off, hit print, or self-publish, it’s good to do one last sweep to make… Continue Reading →

5 Ways To Find Writing Inspiration – Without Leaving Home

Writers need inspiration. Sometimes we get flashes from no-where. But often it’s the places we go, the people we meet and the things we experience that provide the exciting idea. Unfortunately short days, longs nights and cold, wet weather don’t… Continue Reading →

6 Things Writers Should Not Do

There’s plenty of writing advice out there. But getting tips about the kind of things writers should do to be well, good writers is only one side of the coin. Understanding what to avoid is also important. Mistakes are part… Continue Reading →

4 Ways To Be a “Good” Writing Critic

Every form of artwork comes with it’s own set of critics. It’s an odd sort of thing we humans have created – a group of people to decide what art is “good” or “bad”, what’s its “meaning” and where it… Continue Reading →

Is the The Elements of Style the Only Book on Writing you Need?

This is possibly the most famous ‘book about writing’ there is; William Struck Jr. and E.B. White’s The Elements of Style. I didn’t read this book at the start of my writing journey, although I’d heard of it before and… Continue Reading →

5 Ways To Wordsmith Your Writing

If there’s one thing I like, one thing I really get a buzz from about writing, it’s editing. That’s not to say I don’t find it painfully hard at times, But ‘smithing’ my text until I have the perfect sentence… Continue Reading →

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