Writing
Why I prefer editing to writing
Recently, on the Write for Your Life podcast, I talked about there being two essential elements to writing: the writing itself and the showing it to people. I said it in reference to the age-old issue of being a confident a writer, and the leap of faith you need to
Make sure all your writing is marvellous
When you busy away at your short story, poem or blog article, you form opinions about your work. Inevitably, there will be some sentences, paragraphs or turns of phrase that you believe are brilliant. They show that you’re a genius. A total whizz. The king or queen of words.
Nicola Morgan: how to write a great synopsis
Nicola Morgan is the author of around ninety books for all ages, fiction and non-fiction. To writers she is known for the no-nonsense expert advice in her blog, Help! I Need a Publisher! [http://helpineedapublisher.blogspot.com/] and her highly acclaimed book for writers, Write to be Published [http://www.
How to sync Scrivener with any text editor (and go mobile too)
I’ve just spent the last hour or so transferring all the bits and pieces of my second novel into Scrivener [http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=scrivener&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CEEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.
How to behave online and build your brand (yuck!)
There’s a lot of pressure on writers these days. Not only do we have to come up with great stories, perfect prose and wonderfully constructed sentences, we also need to think about our brand. Yuck! That’s what you’re thinking, isn’t it? The personal brand. What a
How did you fall in love with writing?
In this episode I present you with a simple question in the name of sharing our writing experiences: How did you fall in love with writing? I talk about how I came to love the writing process (or what follows, actually), but I’d be very interested to know what
How do you know what type of writer you are?
What sort of writer are you? A novelist? A copywriter? A screenwriter? And how did you decide which type of writer you would be? Considering how long it takes to write a novel, a book’s worth of short stories or collection of poems, we writers don’t half make
3 reasons to be positive about your writing
Us writers are a negative bunch from time to time. We get needy about our work and think that the whole world is against us [http://writeforyourlife.net/whatever-you-do-dont-be-a-needy-writer], even if the exact opposite is true. We love a good whinge. That’s just how most of us are. In
The Mac App Store, iBookstore and the one-click wonder
Yesterday Apple launched the much-awaited Mac App Store [http://www.apple.com/uk/mac/app-store/]. People are buying Angry Birds [http://shop.angrybirds.com/] all over again and a range of other applications that they don’t actually need [http://minimalmac.com/post/450481389/its-not-a-bargain-if-you-dont-need-it]. Having downloaded the OSX (Apple’
How it feels to get your writing published for the first time
There are so many writers either just starting out or right in the middle of their quest to get published. But what does it feel like when you eventually get there and how do you keep your feet on the ground? In this episode I chat to Donna Sørensen, who