Tuesday Tip Number 8
Here’s another tip for getting a bit more out of your writing without much effort. 🙂
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Tuesday Tip Number 7
Here’s Tuesday Tip number 7 for young writers. This one’s about how to get unstuck while you’re writing. Hope it’s helpful.
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Another tip for young writers!
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Another tip for young writers!
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Another tip for young writers!!
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Hi everyone. I’m starting to add what I’ve called my Tuesday Tips to the website. They’re videos I’m inserting into some of the Writing Tips on the site. In each short video, I read the tip that’s been posted, then add a few extra thoughts. Hope you find them helpful! Oh and here’s the first […]
Read More Tuesday Tip Number 1Tips for Young Writers 31: Working with Themes
This tip really comes from acclaimed teacher and author, John Gardner, but I find it super helpful, so I hope you do too. I read this book a while back and found it fascinating, but the part that really stood out to me was what the author said about working with themes in a novel. […]
Read More Tips for Young Writers 31: Working with ThemesBeware of criticism
I’m posting this, because while I totally admire Neil Gaiman,  I’m not sure his ‘fifth rule for writing’ is entirely correct. Here’s what he says … “Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how […]
Read More Beware of criticismTips for Young Writers 22: Accept criticism, but don’t agree with everything you hear.
Welcome criticism, and listen closely to it, but don’t agree with everything that’s said about you or your writing. There’s a fantastic saying that goes, ‘To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.’ Any time you say, do or be anything people will criticise you. Sometimes they’ll be genuinely trying to help you, but […]
Read More Tips for Young Writers 22: Accept criticism, but don’t agree with everything you hear.Tips for Young Writers 30: Stay Small
It’s easy to get carried away with your storytelling sometimes, so that things get bigger and bigger, and more and more unwieldy for you as the writer. You’d think big ideas would make for a great story, but that’s not always the case. In fact, HUGE stories can be kind of boring. So … Don’t […]
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