Mia Botha

We’ve put together a series of posts on music in writing. In this post we discuss how to use music to improve your pacing in

Here are 3 tips for writers who eavesdrop. Paying attention is a great way for writers to collect fodder for their stories. Watching and listening

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

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

We discuss why you need to write small in order to make your reader care.

This is a question I have asked and people have asked me when I teach The Complete Blogging Course. I have Googled it and Googled it

Here are 15 top tips for writers on social media. Building a social media platform is vital for any writer. Don’t let social media overwhelm

Writing is hard enough without bashing ourselves over the head about it. We’ve put together a list of 10 remedies for the horrible things writers

Where’s the baddie in the story? In this post, Mia Botha reveals: ‘What my six-year-old taught me about storytelling.’

Modifiers and qualifiers weaken our writing. In this post, we give you 4 ways to remove padding words from your writing.