One Memoirs are not autobiographies. An autobiography is the story of your entire life up until you write it, written by you. A memoir focuses on particular parts of your story. Two Choose a theme for your memoir. What message […]
Writing short stories sounds easy, right? It’s not. Some people have the knack and some don’t. I can write novels and other books but a good short story is a very specific skill. You can learn it with practice, in […]
Another year, another opportunity However this year has started, a new year represents a new opportunity to do the things that we didn’t get around to last year. The number one is all about new beginnings – so you can […]
If you don’t start or finish your book, nobody is going to notice. Nobody is going to be waiting breathless with anticipation for your masterpiece to be available to read. Nobody is going to be pressing update on Amazon desperate […]
A friend posted an article this week from ‘The Guardian’ about a woman who considered herself an unsuccessful writer and asking how to deal with her sense of despair. I was a little confused when I read ‘’The […]
The writer’s revisions and edits make all the difference between a first draft and a self-edited draft. The more self-editing you do, the quicker you’ll get to a draft that’s close to being as good as it can be. When […]
I know that sounds like some naff catchphrase but its an important point. We live in a world that is all about achieving goals. Most of us have a list of aims – whether they are about our jobs, study, […]
When I first started writing I assumed that as long as I was consistent with the point of view it wouldn’t really make that much difference which I chose. I couldn’t have been more wrong. My lesson came at a […]
Motivations/Strengths and Weaknesses Motivations We can set goals and do our best to reach them but there are a few factors to consider if we want our efforts to be as successful as they can be. If we want to […]
If we’ve heard it once we’ve heard it a thousand times. Fail to plan, plan to fail. As an aspiring author I was told it over and over again. I felt a complete failure because once I’d followed the instructions […]
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