Writing Tips

20Sep '11

A Road Less Travelled: Getting Published by Harry Bingham: a book review

This is a guest post by Ellie Stevenson**

Getting Published – by Harry Bingham (Copyright, Shutterstock)

Most writers know about art. They know how to put a sentence together and how to find rhythm. They also know what works.
Wannabe writers are still learning. They need to practice, practice and – practice. But once they’ve practised, there’s [...]

26Aug '11

Adding clarity

A helpful post about some of the pitfalls of writing and how to get around them.

27May '11

Being concise

A short post about being concise.

08Jan '11

Making failure temporary

An update on my novel writing progress.

20May '10

A brief rant about typos

Confessions of a pedant, or, why other people should learn to type!

20May '10

Inspiration for creative writing

Inspired by a novel – I just had to write this post!

08Mar '10

Realism vs believability in fiction

Arguing the place of realism in novels.

04Nov '09

NaNoWriMo Updates

A laid back approach to keep me sane!

27Oct '09

Seat of the pants vs snowflakes

Fast and furious or slow and thoughtful. How do you write?

24Sep '09

Beginner’s Guide to Blogging

I came up with this short guide to help out one of my clients with a project. She’d been asked to write about a subject she knew nothing about so I put together a few tips based on my own experience, readings and observations.