Writing the dead into fiction
On the 24th of September 1974, premature twins Guy and Sarah were born. By the 30th of September, both were […]
writing process
Showing Emotion in Your Writing
Balancing Show and Tell Writers often hear the advice we should show, not tell, in our writing. I like to
Why I’m Not Participating in Camp NaNoWriMo.
April heralds the first Camp NaNoWriMo for 2023, and I’m giving it a miss. Why? Because, personally, NaNoWriMo never works
The solitude life of a writer
For me, writing is a lonely activity. It’s paradoxical to think I spend long periods in solitude, writing about made-up
Using your editing skills to check in on your mental health and rewrite your own story
Our ego is similar to a fictional story. It is our perception of ourselves in our reality. We write out
How To Use Polarity In Fictional Writing
What is Polarity? Polarity is something with two poles with many degrees of separation between them. One pole cannot exist
My Favourite Scrivener Tools
Scrivener was a game changer for my writing process. Before, I confined my stories to word processing programs like Word
Five things which have helped me become a better beta reader
Beta Readers are invaluable to writers. They put their trust in them to read and critique their work. So what
Exploring Your Writing Through Twitter Hashtag Prompts
Twitter has a wonderful writing community. I think the best part is the hashtag prompts. Take #vssnature, which I host,
A Guide to World Building in Fantasy: Geography
The easiest way to approach geography in world building is to cut it down into three sections: The physical structure