Category: Writing
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The Impostor Syndrome Struggle
If you’ve ever found yourself sitting down with your latest piece of writing, reading through it, and suddenly feeling like you have no business writing. Congratulations! You’ve experienced impostor syndrome. But don’t worry, you’re not alone. This feeling is familiar among new writers and even seasoned professionals occasionally. The good…
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No time to Write? Wrong!
At some point in your writing career, whether you are a professional, amateur, or merely doing it as a hobby, you’ll hit the issue of getting enough time to write. Admittedly, if you are a professional, you’ve probably already dealt with this demon, conquered and slain it – or maybe…
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So how do you get your story started?
Early in my writing journey, the one thing that phased me for a long time was getting my stories started and translating the ideas in my head into written text. It sounds like it should be easy, but it can be a challenge for the uninitiated. If you’ve already got…
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Don’t be Afraid of the Big Bad Delete Key
One thing I struggled with when I started writing was pressing the dreaded delete key. At the time, deleting large swathes of text was unthinkable and and a waste of precious time. Over many months, I tried my hardest to repair sections of text that were simply rubbish. What I…
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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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Tactical Timeout: 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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