What My Six-Year-Old Taught Me About Storytelling
Where’s the baddie in the story? In this post, Mia Botha reveals: ‘What my six-year-old taught me about storytelling.’
Creative Writing
The Top 10 Writing Posts for February 2015
These were the new Writers Write posts you enjoyed most in February 2015.
The Writer’s Journey – Finding Your Personal Theme
This post discusses how to find your personal theme as an author on your writing journey.
What Is Your Writing Voice? How Do You Find Your Writing Voice?
What is your writing voice? In this post, we discuss how to find your writing voice.
The Writer’s Journey – 3 Ways To Craft Your Future
This post suggests 3 ways to help you craft your future on your writing journey.
4 Ways To Remove Padding Words From Your Writing
Modifiers and qualifiers weaken our writing. In this post, we give you 4 ways to remove padding words from your writing.
6 Simple Ways To Handle Viewpoint Changes
In this post, we suggest six simple ways for writers to handle viewpoint changes.
5 Exercises To Get You Started On Your Writing Journey
This post suggests what it takes to be a writer and it includes 5 exercises to get you started on your writing journey.
Examples Of Active Vs Passive Voice
What is the active voice? What is the passive voice? In this post, we share examples of active vs passive voice.
How To Start A Story & 13 Ways To Start A Story
How do you start a story? Writers want to create beginnings that make readers carry on reading. We give you 13 ways to start a
Writers Talk 8 | My Year Of Writing
Welcome to our podcast series, Writers Talk. In our eighth podcast, we talk about Anthony Ehlers’s year of writing.
How To Introduce Late Arrivals In A Story
Are there some characters who show up in the middle of your book? This post is about how to introduce late arrivals in a story.
The 4 Pillars Of Science Fiction
Are you writing science fiction? Are you wondering how to do it well? In this post, we discuss the four pillars of science fiction.
What Is Empathy? 40 Ways To Write About Empathy
What is empathy? Great characters either lack empathy or have loads of it. We have included things for you to consider when you write about
Don’t Commit These 9 Fiction-Writing Crimes
Have you ever encountered a story that was too clumsy, slow, or flat to finish reading? It is probably filled with fiction-writing crimes you should
Writers Talk 7 | Dialogue
Welcome to our podcast series, Writers Talk. In our seventh podcast, we talk about dialogue.
6 Quick Fixes For Adding Setting To Your Story
What do you do when you’ve finished your first draft and realise that you haven’t paid enough attention to setting? Here are 6 quick fixes
Chronicles Of An African Mallu
Find out more about Manjusha Sunil’s new book, Chronicles of an African Mallu.
8 Things To Do With A Rejected Manuscript
Here are 8 things to do with a rejected manuscript, and how to see every rejection letter you will ever get as a good thing.
How To Choose Your Genre
In this post, we think about genre and its importance to authors, and we give you tips on how to choose your genre.
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