As a writer, do you really need a website? Well, yes, you do. This was the question and answer I got when I wrote my first book. To be honest I wasn’t too interested about anything else except writing. So, the question didn’t arise until I was deciding how to publish my almost completed book….
10 Best Writing Resources for Aspiring Authors
10 Best Writing Resources for Aspiring Authors There are plenty of resources available to help newbie and accomplished writers on their journey. From productivity tools to writing aids, there are solutions to every hurdle you might encounter along the way. Here are 10 of some of the best resources you might find useful as an…
STORYTELLING : are we ever too old to write?
Storytelling I’ve revamped this blog post after being told by a number of people that they are ‘too old to write their first book’! It set me thinking again about this subject. Is there ever a time when we are too old to write? I don’t think so. In fact, storytelling and writing well into…
Writing Tips: 10 Skills You need to Become an Author
Writing tips for the beginner: the 10 skills needed to become a writer. Think you have at least one book inside you? If you think it will make a good read and entertain, it’s time you took steps to let it out. Writing a book and getting it published is not a simple undertaking. Click…
Dialogue: 7 Mistakes New Writers Make
Dialogue is an essential part of fiction, and whether you love writing dialogue or dread it, you’ll probably agree how important it is to any story – but it needs to be done well to move the story along and stay interesting for your reader. Dialogue has many roles. It can: Reveal character Advance the…
Scenes In Book Writing: what is a scene.
WHAT IS A SCENE? A scene is described as a self-contained mini-story. Any story or novel is a series of scenes with narrative summary between. These individual scenes are built with a structure described as having a beginning, middle and end. BEGINNING or LAUNCHING SCENES The word beginning is misleading, as some scenes can pick up in the…