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How to get past that blank page and write your first book
The first words are often the hardest. It’s often one of the biggest roadblocks preventing people from writing non-fiction. Mike Fishbein provides advice to get started and urges us to seize the...
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Beta readers: How to find a writing rapport
Writing can be a lonely business when you’re holed up in the attic hammering out your masterpiece. It’s easy to lose perspective if you’re stuck in the third rewrite of your third act. This is where...
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How social networks help your creativity
We all know that the best way to make progress on a writing project is to buckle down and write. However, before you turn off the wi-fi, chuck your phone out the window and retreat to your writing...
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What would you sacrifice to write?
Is it possible to have a rich and rewarding life and still find time to write? Inspired by David Sedaris Bec Evans plays the stovetop game and looks at alternatives to making big sacrifices. Let’s...
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10 tips to learn from a creative writing lecturer
Some people enjoy writing for the sake of it whilst others want to develop and improve. If you fall into the latter category then read this. A creative writing lecturer and novelist with her book The...
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Don’t quit – plan! 5 top tips for lean blogging
Photo: Sebastien Wiertz People blog for different reasons. Some blog for fun, others to get stuff off their chests – and that’s great – but if you blog to help your business or career in some way then...
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Start now & keep going – the only writing rules you need
The thought that it takes 10,000 hours to master a skill is enough to put you off trying. Bec Evans urges you to forget about perfectionism and instead focus on starting small and starting now. I...
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Writers in the digital age: Five lessons in Twitter
Being a writer in the digital age is a fickle business. It’s a constant uphill struggle to keep on top of your social media accounts, ensuring you make the most of them and interact with your fans,...
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The Henry Swindell interview: “If you want be a writer you need to write”
Henry Swindell from the BBC’s Writersroom has worked with writers his whole life. He’s also worked on many of the UK’s best-loved soaps and dramas including Coronation Street, Casualty, Doctors and...
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Why authors need a blogging strategy
Having a blog is an important part of an author’s marketing toolkit. Your blog is a place where you can test out your writing, get noticed by publishers, engage with readers, build a following and in...
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The Armando Iannucci interview: “To be a good team writer, you have to be a...
Image courtesy of www.mattcrockett.com From his early days working with Chris Morris to make cutting edge radio shows like On The Hour to creating top US comedies like Veep, Armando Iannucci has...
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What can you achieve in 15 minutes every day?
What can you do in 15 minutes? Hard-boil an egg? Play Candy Crush? Look at some great Facebook photos of your friend’s office party? The point being that we often waste time – time that Dorothea...
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How to find the best time to write
When’s the best time to write? Is it in the morning when you’re fresh and ready for a new day? Is it in evening when you’re full of ideas and inspiration from previous hours during the day? Or perhaps...
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Is your writing schedule punishing you?
Management guru Stephen Covey said “The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” If you read this blog you’re probably interested in writing productivity,...
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Win the morning, win the day
Sad man holding pillow and the clock What you do first thing can make or break your day. As well as making you feel super smug about getting stuff done before work, having a morning ritual can help...
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Beat procrastination – reward your future self
I’ve spent the last hour in an internet wormhole ‘researching’ procrastination. I made the usual excuse that it was necessary groundwork for this blog, but to be honest, I was delaying the task at...
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How I wrote 29 stories in 29 days
I’m a bit of a left brain/right brain strange combination. I love writing and consider myself a highly creative person – but I’m also a number junkie too. I’ve just finished writing 29 plays in 29...
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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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Building an audience as an unpublished author
A fortnight ago I received an email from Unbound saying they wanted to publish my first novel Ashael Rising. I leapt at the opportunity. The problem? I didn’t know anything about crowdfunding. It’s a...
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How to cheat your creative distractions
For the writer wanting to focus on their work rather than Twitter, there’s a plethora of internet-blocking software offering ‘distraction free writing’. There’s even a writing gadget to help people...
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