Cell phone novels
I’m sure you’ve heard it before – that Twitter is ruining … well everything about language and our attention spans; the demise of the…
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Writing tip: One sentence paragraphs have a purpose in prose
I have to be honest: I actually hate one sentence paragraphs because I’ve seen them used far too often in the normal course of…
Read MoreWriting that first sentence
Next to the title, I find the first sentence of anything is always the hardest. What seems to be a thousand things go…
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Writing tip: Saying the same thing twice
And if I’d put tautology in the subject line, I would have been guilty of it. I know I am guilty of saying the same…
Read MoreHow to insert a witty title here
You should have seen me try and figure out the title for this post – three times I typed and erased something in the…
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Colin Morgan AKA Merlin joins The Fall
Oh happy fan day — Colin Morgan AKA Merlin from the BBC’s hit show is joining The Fall from season 2, episode 3 onwards….
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Writing tip: Pacing
What is pacing? Think about the last novel you read – pick a scene from it and think about how you felt while you…
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Are these books fanfic?
Source Fanfic has got a bad rep since making it into public consciousness, but what where would you place these three books? Daniel Levine…
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Editing tip: tell a story, not an information dump
Source Above all else, remember: you’re telling a story when you’re writing. You’d be surprised how many times that get forgotten when someone is…
Read MoreWriteWorld: Describing Voices
Link: WriteWorld: Describing Voices thewritershelpers: Does your character have a particular voice type in mind? Do they have an accent? Are they monotonous? Does…
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