
Finish That First Draft – 5 Fantastic Tips To Keep You Moving Forward
It’s tough to finish that first draft of a novel. We want to help you finish your book by using these 5 fantastic tips to

Why Masks Reveal More Than They Conceal
What mask do you wear? What mask does your character wear? In this post, we write about why masks reveal more than they conceal.

5 Guaranteed Ways To Bore Your Reader
Most beginners overwrite – padding their prose with unnecessary descriptions and characters. Here are 5 guaranteed ways to bore your reader.
NaNoWriMo Calendar
If you participate in NaNoWriMo, you have 30 days to write a 50 000-word novel. This NaNoWriMo Calendar breaks it down into a daily word

Join The Dots – How Creative Stories Are Born
If you’re a writer, you have to work out how creative stories are born. Sometimes, it’s just a matter of joining the dots.

17 Ways To Make Your Novel More Memorable
What is a memorable novel? In the world of writing techniques and writing routines, some things never change. Here are 17 ways to make your

How To Fix Your Short Story In 10 Minutes
In this post, we discuss how you can fix a short story in 10 minutes. Here are five 10-minute edits for your short story to
A South African Publisher Wants Your Book!
Please note that this is NOT a Writers Write project. We are NOT publishers. The publisher”s details are at the end of the article. Shuter

The Top 10 Writing Posts for September 2014
These were the Writers Write posts you enjoyed most in September 2014. Do you enjoy writing short stories? 10 Short Story Competitions To Enter Before The End Of

Writing Young Adult Fiction – Cheat Sheets
Have you ever thought of writing for young adults? Use these cheat sheets for writing young adult fiction to help you.

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.