by Deanne Adams | Jan 3, 2020 | become a writer, how to write books, improving your writing skills, write a book, write a branding book |
What sort of book should you write to build your brand? Many branding experts recommend writing a book. Often, their top tip for building your brand is to write a book. Yes, it is a good idea to do this, for all the reasons they say it is. More specifically, it is a...
by Deanne Adams | Mar 18, 2019 | become a writer, how to write books, story writing, storytelling |
We all get writer’s block sometimes. Today it’s my turn to get it. I warmed up the laptop, squeezed my cuppa onto my very messy desk, and sat down to write. The post I planned on writing wouldn’t come out, though. It was going to be one about Ernest...
by Deanne Adams | Jan 20, 2019 | become a writer, how to write books, improving your writing skills |
Would you get up tomorrow and decide run a marathon? You might decide you wanted to run a marathon, true. You might decide that you were going to start running this week and plan to build up to longer distances. You would probably reach out to your park run organisers...
by Deanne Adams | Nov 28, 2018 | become a writer, confident writing, how to write books, improving your writing skills, storytelling |
‘Sure, I’ll read your boring novel. The way you’ve told it is like wading through mud, your characters speak like robots and you’ve written lots of dull and pointless description, but I know you’ve spent time writing it and you think...
by Deanne Adams | Apr 18, 2018 | become a writer, story writing, storytelling |
Our own mortality weighs heavily on us humans. If only we could make ourselves immortal. Sound a bit heavy? Only because it’s true. Picture those alchemists of old, hunched over bubbling potions, strange collections of ingredients lining the walls. See those...
by Deanne Adams | Jan 5, 2018 | 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...
