by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, improving your writing skills, story writing |
Let me tell you a secret – Every writer feels the same way. It’s natural to care about the opinions of others, but it’s not healthy to stress over them. This fear is common amongst writers. Even those who are published authors feel nervous about sharing it...
by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, confident writing, how to write books, improving your writing skills |
You know that writing project you are working on? That one with a deadline you are determined to meet? Maybe it’s a self-imposed deadline. (“I’m going to finish this novel by the time the kids go back to school.”) Perhaps your deadline comes from someone else. (A...
by Deanne Adams | become a writer, how to write books, story writing, write a book |
Support, guidance, accountability and community for new writers Fiction Academy is an end-to-end programme to help you get a novel into the world. It is ideal for new writers and those who have written short fiction. Long-form fiction writing – typically novels –...
by Deanne Adams | become a writer, how to write books, write a book |
Every writer of novels starts somewhere. Somehow. Everyone starts out with a story idea, or the seed of an idea, or the merest hint of the seed of an idea. The difference between those who end up writing a good book and those who create something awful – or who get a...
by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, improving your writing skills, story writing, write a book |
How to have more time to write I don’t have time to exercise. I’m far too busy running the business, taking care of the household stuff, and all the other things in life. I’d like to exercise more, of course. I know it would be good for me and it would help me gain...
by Deanne Adams | become a writer, confident writing, improving your writing skills |
Teaching writers to write fiction Did I ever tell you that I’m not only a writer, but I’m also a teacher? That’s important. I help you from all directions. Let me explain. No doubt you’ll be seeing adverts for various experts offering help for writers. When you’re...
by Deanne Adams | become a writer, confident writing, write a book |
Helping writers to write Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers tells us what makes someone an expert at what they do. It’s the ten thousand hours rule. Practice makes someone brilliant at something… ten thousand hours of practice. I’ve been thinking lately about what makes...
by Deanne Adams | become a writer, improving your writing skills, story writing |
Some people are born knowing they are a writer. Others follow suggestions made by friends and family to write more. Some fall into the job ‘by accident’, with an idea that dominates their thoughts until they express every last word. More confident writers attempt...
by Deanne Adams | become a writer, confident writing, improving your writing skills |
Here’s the thing – All writers do. Caring about what others think isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but worrying about it is. Throughout our lives, we have created a picture of who we are through the eyes of others. We have learned ways to earn others’...
by Deanne Adams | advice for writers, how to write books, improving your writing skills |
You’re stuck in the middle of your novel? You’ve written the beginning (Act One) and you’ve got at least an idea of how the novel will end, but the middle is all wobbly? Perhaps your novel outline for the middle just says, “Stuff happens.” You start writing the...
