by Deanne Adams | confident writing, improving your writing skills, Mentoring for Writers, story writing |
I’m Deanne. I’m a writer and I’m not normal. This is not a confession: it’s a boast. I suspect you’re not normal either. Congratulations. I wouldn’t mind guessing that you haven’t finished any of the stories you started. One didn’t work so you quit and started...
by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, improving your writing skills, story writing |
Writing only one piece of fiction keeps you from growing. And while you’re not growing, there are people who are publishing books that are worse than yours. They’re writing blogs online. Sharing their flawed stories. Making money. They’re getting...
by Deanne Adams | become a writer, Events, Mentoring for Writers, story writing, storytelling |
It happens to many of us. But having a group with the same goals can make it less lonely. That’s why I started my membership group – Storytellers Elite – as a place for writers to connect. It combines three key elements to support your progress with...
by Deanne Adams | become a writer, Book Forge, creative writing, story writing, storytelling |
When you have some ideas for writing, but you’re not familiar with the fancy words that writers use. Have you ever felt intimidated when you hear writers talk about their craft? I know I have. When I was hosting a live event recently, I realised that I was...
by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, Mentoring for Writers, story writing |
I heard something sad today. Someone was looking for some moral support because their family weren’t even slightly interested in the novel they were writing. When this person tried to talk about their creative endeavours, their relatives either point-blank...
by Deanne Adams | Book Forge, confident writing, how to write books, story writing |
A bad week of writing… I wasn’t having a productive week of writing. But yesterday I sat down and just wrote without really knowing what I was going to write. I not only smashed my word count target, I got another plot twist out of it that I didn’t know was...
