by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, confident writing, how to write books, improving your writing skills |
Writers find it hard to put their story ideas onto paper for various reasons. It can be an unhealthy degree of perfectionism. It can be a lack of confidence in their skill or originality. It can be the lack of a writing habit – that is, a lack of consistent practice....
by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, become a writer, improving your writing skills, write a book |
Perfectionism is a common trait amongst writers. It is especially true of fiction writers, who often spend hours worrying over their exact word choices and word order. They might lose half an hour deliberating over a comma. Does this sound like you? If you recognise...
by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, become a writer, how to write books, write a book |
You want to write a novel. You’ve got some story ideas bouncing around your head, but you don’t know how to even begin. Every novel you read makes you want to write your own book too, yet it also scares you. Those novels you read are just so… good. They’re polished...
by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, how to write books, improving your writing skills, storytelling |
The advice writers are most often given is ‘show don’t tell’. In Facebook writing groups, critique groups, writers’ circles, creative writing workshops, the mantra is ‘show don’t tell’. What does it even mean? What are you supposed to achieve with that? It sounds...
by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, creative writing, improving your writing skills, Uncategorized, write a book |
How to write a story that will make someone cry Many writers wish they knew how to write a story that will make someone cry. They want to know how to make their readers feel such strong emotion that they sob while reading about fictional characters. Many such writers...
by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, become a writer, improving your writing skills, rejection |
There are some awful things you might have said to a friend who loves writing. You probably said them in all innocence. Allow me to explain why you should never, ever repeat them, since your friend is unlikely to tell you him or herself. I am a writer. I work with...
