by Deanne Adams | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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...
by Deanne Adams | become a writer, how to write books, write a book |
It seems that every other person these days has a book in them, whether it’s a book to tell their own story, a novel, or a book to complement their business. Do you recognise yourself in this? How many of those people actually write their book? I don’t...
by Deanne Adams | become a writer, how to write books, write a book |
Planning a business book? You want to write a business book so that people will see you as the expert in your field? You want potential clients to be desperate to work with you? You want the book to sell or circulate in its thousands? …What you need to do is keep...
