After reading this guidebook, you'll have a method for ensuring that your story is well-told, well-paced, and highly effective. You'll be guided through the process of reviewing your story, scene-by-scene, until it works. We won't focus on copy-editing or proofreading. This is all about your story because your story...
These are NOT your typical writing prompts. I find most writing prompts too general or specific to be helpful. The ones in this book are just generic enough to spark your imagination and everyone's response will be completely different. Depending on your story idea, plot, characters and writing style, the response to...
Love writing but find it hard to finish projects? Looking for a new approach to telling stories? Embracing serialisation can help you be more productive and get more readers. In this guide I share what I've learned while writing A Day of Faces, my serial which hit #7 in the science fiction chart here on Wattpad, won a...
Advice for writing book-shaped things and getting them traditionally published. This series will cover everything from querying to agent fit, to building a platform and marketing yourself.
I have come up with ideas for book names for anybody Over 2000 book names ideas. Started 2013, still ongoing! Reached #5 in category of random 22/03/17 #1 for #helpful 16/05/18 & 24/10/21 #1 for #booknames 16/09/18 & 24/10/21 #1 for #names 16/09/18
Coming up with five adjectives to describe your character barely scratches the surface. In order to make your character figuratively come alive, you'll need to know them better than they know themselves. The exercises in this book will make you think about your characters in ways you never have before.
Feeling down because you have writers block? Need an outlet for your creative urges, but aren't in the mood to write a fanfiction? Here are some of the things that I do (with my friends, too) when bored, needing inspiration, or just for fun! It's exactly as the cover sounds- writing off of quick prompts, with time lim...
Some basic writing tips to help you become a more effective storyteller.
The introduction and first three chapters of 101 Creative Writing Exercises is available on Wattpad. This is the first of three books in the Adventures in Writing Series. Learn more at WritingForward.com. 101 Creative Writing Exercises takes you on an adventure through the world of creative writing. Packed with fun an...