Why bloggers should perform their writing
Reading your writing out loud is generally a good thing to do, whatever the medium, genre or format. It helps you understand the rhythm of your writing and, more often than not, it helps you discover punctuation and grammar glitches that you might not otherwise have noticed. Spoken word events
Time management and prioritising your priorities
Prioritise your priorities. Not my words, but the words of Rachelle Gardner [http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2009/06/time-management.html] over at her blog about her life as a literary agent. But they could be my words, because that’s pretty much what I do when it comes to my
Jean Hannah Edelstein (part one): publishing and putting together a proposal
Write for Your Life recently spoke (well, emailed back and forth with) Jean Hannah Edelstein, author of Himglish and Femalese: Why Women Don’t Get Why Men Don’t Get Them [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Himglish-Femalese-women-dont-them/dp/1848091443/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=
How to use Cueprompter – a free autocue service
What you get here is a very rough and ready overview of a free online autocue and teleprompter service called Cueprompter.
How to write about your life (without upsetting friends and family)
Whether you’re a poet or problogger, you will, at times, have an instinct to write autobiographically. As writers, we regularly follow the common piece of writing advice, to ‘write about what you know’. It’s in our nature to draw on personal experience and, in one way or another,
Why you should always stay proud of your writing
This post came about after a brief email exchange last week with Richard Crowther [http://crowth.net], a fellow wordsmith and regular commenter on Write for Your Life. As an afterthought to a more general conversation, we were both derogatory about some of our old writing. I didn’t think
Writing goals 2: Short-term targets, long-term goals
The first post in Write for Your Life’s ongoing ‘Writing goals’ series encouraged you to aim high, but manage your expectations [https://www.iainbroome.com/blog/writing-goals-1-dont-expect-the-unexpected]. Now, it’s time to look at how you approach your writing once you’ve decided what you want to achieve. I’