How much writing can you get done in a day before your brain starts to melt? I’ve picked up a few tips over the years that might help… TRANSCRIPT: Hello folks. We writers talk a lot about writing habits, writing every day or writing regularly. But let’s have a think...
Want to make your prose more punchy? Try cutting a few of those filler and filter words. Note: these aren’t hard and fast rules. Of course you can use adjectives and adverbs whenever you like. But if you’re editing, it’s not a bad idea to trim as many as possible....
I finished the first draft of my novel this week… but what happens next? Jump right in to edit? Or… TRANSCRIPT: Hello, folks, I typed these beautiful words earlier this week… (The End) Of course, this is nothing like the end. This is a raggedy mess...
How can you write a really satisfying ending to your story? TRANSCRIPT: Hello, folks. I’m getting to the final few chapters of this first draft, and that’s when I tend to find that my daily word count starts to drastically go down. Why? Well, up to now,...
Here are six tips for writing engaging action and fight sequences… TRANSCRIPT: Hello, folks, as I get closer to the end of this draft and I start ramping up the tension and the stakes and the action and, well, I’m about to embark on a big old action...
