A Bit Of Love For Your Short-Story-Telling Soul
Do you have a few short story self-care days planned? In this post, we talk about how to look after your short-story-telling soul.
Creative Writing
5 Ways To Add Love To Popular Genres
Characters from every genre tend to all in love. Here are 5 ways to add love to popular genres.
5 Ways To Start Using Killer Dialogue In Your Story
Dialogue is one of the most powerful tools at our disposal as writers. In this post, we share 5 ways to start using killer dialogue
How Do You Come To Story?
Stories come to us in the forms of poems, short stories, novels, movies, even in journalism and rhetoric. In this post, we ask: How do
Do You Have A Romance Novel In You?
This competition is now closed. Harlequin Romance is always looking for new authors to write for them. The Harlequin Romance Blitz is your chance to
Back To Basics: 3 Steps To Setting
As we wrap up January of the New Year, we’re looking at the three basics of fiction writing, and we’ve covered plot and character and
Back To Basics: 3 Steps To Character
To kick start the new year, we’re getting back to the core basics of fiction writing – plot, character, and setting. This week, our focus
The Top 42 Writing Posts Of 2017
These were the posts you most wanted to see on this website in 2017.
9 Ways To Set Up Believable Fictional Breakups
Are your characters heading for a fictional split? If you are writing a book, we’ve put together a post on 9 ways to set up
Back To Basics: 3 Steps To Plot
What are the best plots? We thought we should go back to basics with 3 steps to plot your story.
How Writers Can Get The Most Out Of Their ResearchÂ
We talk about how writers can get the most out of their research. Often we don’t know where to start when it comes to research.Â
A Writer’s Sketchbook To Help You Create Characters
This post includes suggestions for a writer’s sketchbook to help you create characters.
What Is A Phobia? Writing About Characters With Phobias
What is a phobia? Use this post to learn how to write about characters with phobias.
The 15 Most Memorable Mothers In Literature
Use our list of the 15 most memorable mothers in literature to inspire you to create memorable mothers in the books you write.
The Moment Of Truth For A Character
In this post, we look at the moment of truth for a character and how you should use it in your story. We include examples
Why You Should Be Specific When You Write
In writing we try to be as precise as possible. In this post, we discuss why you should be specific when you write.
What Is A Myth? 20 Myths To Use As Writing Prompts
What is a myth? In this post, we define myths and we share a list of 20 myths to use as writing prompts.
The Top 10 Writing Posts for April 2014
These were the Writers Write posts you enjoyed most in April 2014. Cheat Sheets for Writing Body Language – Translate emotions into written body language The Locked
10 Things Successful Authors Do
Have you ever wondered why some authors succeed and others don’t? In this post, we write about 10 things successful authors do.
Shades Of Emotion – Creating Characters
Do emotions help when creating characters? In this post, we look at the shades of emotions behind the words we choose. These are the shades
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