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How Can You Manage Your Time? Writing Tips: Finding Time To Write This is something that is important not just for writing but life in general. Time Management is a skill most people take for granted yet one that many people tend to not fully utilise or understand. Any project big or small needs time…

The Graveyard This is not as macabre as it sounds, I promise. The graveyard is just what I call a document that I use like a halfway house for … Writing Tips From An Editor #6 It’s kind of funny since the post is talking about the writer’s graveyard and Halloween is just round the…

There’s a lot of talk these days about finding one’s “tribe” or one’s “people.” If taken to extremes or left unexamined, this attitude can worsen the… Creative writing tip: Find your Inklings There are two main things that are important about writing in general. Firstly, you should know how your story will flow and impact…

Hey, SE Readers. Joan here today. I’m going to begin today’s post with a story. Trust me, I’m going somewhere with this. Back in the early 1980s, I … Using Timelines Consistent writing usually involves guiding the reader, through a series of events related to the plot. When writing it is often easy to get…

How do we get our word counts from measly 1k and 2k a day to numbers like 4k and above? Now I had to do a lot of testing and experimentation for this… 4 Mistakes That Keep You From Being More Productive Word counts vary from person to person, but it tends to be the…

Celebrate your author-versary (It can be the date you first started writing, published your first book, or simply celebrate being a writer for … 30 Author Blog Post Ideas Authors not only have the option to write books, their creative writing practices and writing in general can also be applied to a blog. Keeping a…

Something we bonded over right away was our love for creative writing. Our regular readers know that every month we release at least one chapter of … 10 Benefits of Creative Writing Creative writing in general helps to practice skills for your future stories. Writing is like swordplay, without practice you end up getting rusty…

This post is inspired from some books, which I’ve read or dropped half-way recently.  I’ve been wondering when did this happen: A marked erosion of … Is it Creative Writing? This post today looks at a controversial topic of using swear words in literature. While I try to avoid using swear words wherever possible in…

Dialect  If one or more of your characters have a dialect or accent that you feel is important to note in your novel, I would suggest that unless you… Dialect in Writing I’m of the mindset that dialects and accents show the eccentricities of the characters and can potentially, make it easier for people to…

Experts will tell you that adverbs don’t belong in a book…but what do the experts really mean?  Why do they hate adverbs so much?  Anytime I read a … 4 Ways Adverbs Can Ruin Your Writing Adverbs have been a part of the English language for a centuries, improper usage of them can make your…