Tip 8: Dealing with a messy first draft
Today I’m going to take a look at how to deal with the imperfection of a first draft, and how to ignore the voice in your mind that says “it’s awful! Throw it all in the bin!”
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Tip 7: Self-motivation for writers
Maintaining motivation can be challenging, but it’s not impossible. So if you’ve found your want for writing waning, or simply found yourself staring into space more than filling pages with words, then let’s take a look at five things you can do to help ease yourself out of that slump.
The greatest writing tip of all
Today, I’m going to share the story of how I went from writing sentences stuffed full of adverbs, to being able to tell you that my debut novel, The Lamplighter’s Bookshop, will be published by HarperFiction in 2025!
Tip 6: How to write dialogue that zings
This week we’re talking dialogue: how to make your characters’ conversations enthralling, how to pack them full of tension and conflict and how to ensure each conversation works overtime!
Tip 5: How to craft loveable characters
This week we’re talking characters and three simple ways to make your characters more loveable.
Problems with Writing: Characterisation
So a few weeks ago I submitted a piece of writing to The New Yorker. I had been working on it for a while and this means that the editing process … Continue reading Problems with Writing: Characterisation
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