Author: P.J.Scribbans
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Choosing a Title for your Novel
Like many aspects of writing picking the title seems, at first glance, the be a trivial piece of the puzzle. Unless you come up with a fantastic title from the start, choosing one may be a bit of a problem; and as I learnt, even if you know the title…
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How to Start Writing
So you want to start writing? Presumably, this is why you’ve stumbled across this blog post. There are many reasons to want to start writing; perhaps you want to get something out of your head (onto another medium other than neurons and brain cells), maybe you’re hoping to be the…
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Start your Story from the End
I remember reading many years ago that James Cameron, who came up for the Terminator franchise, wrote the first film based on the last scene. The story goes – according to Wikipedia– that Cameron fell ill and had a dream about a metallic torso holding kitchen knives dragging itself from…
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Take a Tactical Timeout for Inspiration Recharge
Like many professions or people with a passion, writers spend many hours sitting in front of a screen/typewriter tapping away, doing the creative thing – or at least attempting to. The one problem we’ve all come across is what I call Writers Creativity Drain! Picture the scene, you’ve been writing merrily…
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Stuck What to Write? Writing Prompts!
First, allow me to apologise. Initially, I wanted to write a post on the common dilemma for a new writer – What to write. However, as I started to pull this post together, I discovered that the subject has been done – and done to death! So I’ve kept this…
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Key Lesson from Publishing Your First Book?
Some time ago, I asked a straightforward question to the #writingcommunity on X (AKA Twitter): What’s the number one thing you learned writing your first book? I received a considerable number of replies, many more than I expected. What wasn’t unexpected was that many of the answers had a common…
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