What Is A Red Herring?
In this post, we ask: ‘What is a red herring?‘ and give you examples of red herrings and how red herrings work in books and
Creative Writing
The Book That Started It All
This is a story about the book that started it all – a Christmas story. A book is a gift that you can open again
7 Important Crime-Writing Guidelines
In this post, we have compiled 7 important crime-writing guidelines to help you write your mystery novel.
The Two Main Characters – A Writer’s Worksheet
If you are a beginner writer, use this worksheet to understand the two main characters in your story. See if your antagonist is a match
9 Ways To Make Readers Care For An Amoral Protagonist
What if you have a main character who is truly unlikeable? This post will help you to make your amoral protagonist more likeable.
A Perfect Mess – How We Learn From Our Writing Mistakes
How do we make the most of our writing mistakes? We learn from the messes of experimentation, not from the misery of hoping for perfection.
Find Your Funny – 11 Tips For Writing Humour
It’s difficult to be funny when you write and, in this post, we try to get you to find your funny and offer 11 tips
Rewriting Checklist For Authors
Once you’ve finished the first draft, the work begins. Use this rewriting checklist for authors to help you finish your book.
Plotting – 10 Basic Do’s and Don’ts
What are the most common plotting problems? Here are 10 basic do’s and don’ts for writers to follow when they’re plotting.
Holidays For Writers – Heaven or Hell?
This post is about holidays for writers. Are writers’ holidays a bit of heaven or a sentence in hell?
Write Your Novel In A Year – Week 16: What Makes A Scene Work?
Writers Write is a comprehensive writing resource. In this post, we look at what makes a scene work in a novel.
Character Types: Static & Dynamic, Foils & Mirrors
In this post, we write about static and dynamic character types, as well as characters who are foils and mirrors.
Write Your Novel In A Year – Week 15: Draft Away
Writers Write is a comprehensive writing resource. In this post, we’re ready to draft away. We discuss writing the first draft of your novel.
The Awesome Foursome Fictional Characters
Writers Write is a writing resource and we have written this post on the awesome foursome fictional characters to help you write a book.
Write Your Novel In A Year – Week 14: Final Fixes
Writers Write is a comprehensive writing resource. In this post, we talk about the final fixes we need to make to character, plot, and setting
What Is Foreshadowing? 7 Awesome Foreshadowing Tips For Fiction Writers
What is foreshadowing? We need to use as many literary devices as we can when we write. We have put together this list of 7
The Top 10 Writing Posts from March 2016
These were the new Writers Write posts you enjoyed most in March 2016: The 4 Writing Styles Everybody Needs To Know Don’t Ever Do This
Write Your Novel In A Year – Week 13: How To Declutter Your Plot
In this post, we talk about how to declutter your plot when you’re writing a novel.
Write Your Novel In A Year – Week 12: Time And Place
Writers Write creates writing resources. This post is about the role of time and place in your novels.
Don’t Ever Do This When You Write For Children
In this post, we suggest several things you should not do when you write for children. Here are 7 Things To Avoid When You Write
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