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The writing routines of top writing coach K.M. Weiland
K.M. Weiland is one of the best known writing mentors and coaches in the world. An internationally published author of the bestselling Outlining Your Novel and Structuring Your Novel, Weiland also...
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NaNoYoga: stretch your writing muscles, fingers and toes
Time for NaNoYoga – a mini-routine perfect for the word count busting November novelists and all other writers at any time of the year. Take five minutes away from your work in progress to stretch...
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A beginner’s guide to writing horror novels
One day, I had an idea for a story about vampires, a church, and a plucky heroine. It was going to be darkly funny, with lashings of gore and one-liners, floaty black cloaks and lace — just like old...
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Writing goals: How to achieve your big writing dream in small steps
We’ve had over 3,000 people take our writing challenges so we know a thing or two about goal setting. We know that having a poorly thought through writing goal – one that’s vague or has no real stakes...
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Tracking: How to use reflection to optimize your writing routine
Writing is hard but with the right systems, you can make your writing life easier – and that means you’re more likely to write. Saying that, sometimes the best systems in the world won’t help – you...
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Achieving focus: How to kill your procrastination gremlins for good
Writing can be hugely rewarding but the process of reaching The End can be a challenge – and that’s why we procrastinate. But it’s only by knowing when and how you get side tracked that you can kill...
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Scheduling: How to find the time to write in 5 easy steps
You’re busy – I get it! Sometimes it feels that your daily schedule so jam-packed full of activities that it’s impossible to write. But in reality, it won’t be. There will always be nooks and crannies...
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Accountability: How to keep writing using rewards and people pressure
Whether you’re writing a blog or a blockbuster, it can be a lonely and difficult old business – but it doesn’t need to be and in fact it shouldn’t be if you want to keep going. It’s important to keep...
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Writing routines: Why systems beat willpower – every time
All writers are different – they approach their projects in different ways and are motivated and demotivated by different things. But they are the same in one way: they all need a plan and a system....
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What do editors do? Understanding the author–editor relationship
There is an industry tale about a novelist (no longer with us) who fought tooth and nail with her publisher if they dared to alter a single punctuation mark in her manuscripts. The situation was – how...
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How to master the art of deliberate procrastination
Chalk drawing – Do it now Research proves that procrastination isn’t always bad for the creative process. If you procrastinate right, you can use it to solve the thickest of thorny creative problems...
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Stop trying to ‘be original’ and be prolific instead
Should we be rethinking the definition of originality? Being a highly prolific writer is sneered at in some circles. Some people think there’s a trade-off between quality and quantity. To do truly...
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You don’t need more willpower you need a better writing system
Like Barack Obama, Mark Zuckerberg’s wardrobe is stuffed to the gills with exactly the same clobber so he doesn’t have to think about what to wear in the morning. He does this because even the...
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How to write like Man Booker Prize longlister Wyl Menmuir
Wyl Menmuir The last few weeks for first-time novelist Wyl Menmuir have been a blur. Since finding out his book The Many had been longlisted for the Man Booker – the most prestigious literary prize in...
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How to be 86% (precisely) more likely to keep writing
You’ll never get something written if you don’t start writing it. At this point you’ll be so awe-struck by this razor-sharp nugget of writing wisdom that you’ll have to make yourself a cup of really...
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The Hellie Ogden interview: “The 1st pitch to an agent is all important”
Indie authors might be revolutionising the publishing industry but bagging yourself a top agent can still make all the difference to your writing career. And that means you need to know to approach...
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Who are your ‘plus-minus-equals’?
When your long term creative passion is an unpaid side-project, it’s tough to know if you’re moving forwards, treading water or just going round in circles headless-chicken style and never getting any...
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5 ways to beat your creative distractions (and keep focused)
Distractions like social media are enemy number one for the writer determined to finish. But distractions are only distracting because we let them – because they interrupt us when we’d rather be...
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Grit: perseverance and passion make you a better writer (& how to develop it)
Starting a new creative project is such a buzz, but sticking with it sucks. Some people seem blessed with marathon-level endurance needed to complete long-term goals while the rest of us flit from...
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Writing with productivity coach Grace Marshall
Productivity is about more than getting stuff done – it’s about doing your best work, living your best life, and defining success based on what matters most to you. So says productivity coach and...
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