
Don’t Abandon Your Broken Book – 5 Life Savers For Desperate Authors
In this post, we talk about why you should not abandon your broken book and offer 5 life savers for desperate authors.

4 Ways To Make Your Readers Stop And Stare
Do some sentences stop you in your tracks? We’ve put together a post that includes 4 ways to help you make your readers stop and

Tips To Round Out Your Characters
This post will give you tips to round out your characters in the books you write.

5 Essential Criteria For Creating Successful Story Goals
How do you know if your story goal is good enough to support your entire novel? We detail the 5 criteria writers need for creating

The Truth About Memoirs – 4 Primal Connections And Their Universal Appeal In Memoirs
This post is the fifth in our series, The Truth About Memoirs. We talk about 4 primal connections and their universal appeal in memoirs.

What To Do When All Your Characters Sound The Same
One of my pet peeves when I read a book is that I don’t always know who is speaking. This post tells you what to

3 Ways To Introduce Your Characters In The First Few Lines
This post is about how writers should introduce their characters in the first few lines. It includes 3 ways to help you introduce your characters as

The Truth About Memoirs – 7 Simple Ways To Find Those Lost Moments
This post is the fourth in our series, The Truth About Memoirs, and in it we suggest 7 simple ways to find those lost moments.

Write Small – 5 Ways To Make Your Reader Care
We discuss why you need to write small in order to make your reader care.

3 Tips To Help You Get Your Pomodoro On
In this post, you will find out more about the Pomodoro Technique and how it can help writers. We give you 3 Tips To Help

Our Top 5 Short Story Posts & A Short Story Course Offer
We’re sharing our top five short story posts of all time with a short story course offer.

How Much Sex Do You Need In A Sex Scene?
Are you writing a love scene? In this post, we look at levels of intimacy and ask: How much sex do you need in a

The Notorious ‘You’ – An In-Depth Look At Second Person Point Of View
Let’s look at the notorious ‘you’. We hope this in-depth look at second person viewpoint (point of view), and its uses in fiction, helps you

The Unintended Consequences Of A Lack Of Setting
Is your reader sure where the story is taking place? What are the unintended consequences of a lack of setting in a book?

How Much Blood Do You Need In A Crime Novel?
Are you writing crime? In this post, we look at levels of violence and ask: How much blood do you need in a crime novel?

Songwriting For Beginners – Part 2
This post is part of a Writers Write series on songwriting. In the second post on songwriting for beginners we cover lyric writing techniques.

What Is Imagination & Why Is It Important For Fiction Writing?
In this post, we ask ‘What is imagination?’, look at the difference between imagination and creativity, and discuss why imagination is important for fiction writing.

Why Memoirists Are Their Own Worst Enemies
Are you struggling to start – or finish writing your memoir? In this post, we look at the reasons memoirists are their own worst enemies.

Songwriting For Beginners – Part 1
This post is part of a Writers Write series on songwriting. In the first post on songwriting for beginners we cover basic songwriting theory.

The Way Of The One – For Writers
In this post, we look at the concept of The One in storytelling. Specifically, we look at the way of The One for writers.