by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, how to write books, improving your writing skills, storytelling |
Advice for Writers: Show don’t Tell 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...
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 | become a writer, how to write books, improving your writing skills, write a book, write a branding book |
How do you build your brand with a book? 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 good idea to...
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 |
Are you writing stories that no one will ever read? ‘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...
by Deanne Adams | improving your writing skills, rejection, story writing, storytelling |
Do you get upset when people can’t see your story’s value? Especially when they say they’re interested in what you want to share with the world, but their actions don’t live up to this? They don’t read your blog (never mind share it),...
