STEPHEN KING, THE WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN WRITER, says that a writer must write the type of book/poetry that he/she wants to read. In his work, Culture and Anarchy, Matthew Arnold (1822 – 88), the English poet and literary critic, argued that a society needs more than the gratification of the individual, more than scientific knowing and [...]
STARTING WRITING IS LIKE CASTING A HOOK INTO A RIVER. The opening line is probably the single most important sentence you are going to write in your piece. Over the years writers have spent large chunks of their creative time getting the ‘right’ start, the one that will draw readers in and make them move [...]
William Meikle is a Scottish writer, with seven novels published. He is available for any freelance writing work. Contact him and read some free fiction at his website www.williammeikle.com
NICOLA MORGAN, SELF-STYLED AS ‘CRABBIT’, IS AN AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR of around 90 books. Here she offers writing advice in the first of a series of articles. The orginal post can be found on Nicola’s blog: Help! I Need a Publisher! In my absurd desire to pander to your every whim and propel you towards publication [...]
Nicola Morgan is author of around 90 books, blogger at Help! I Need a Publisher!, and author of Write to be Published and Tweet Right – The Sensible Person’s Guide to Twitter.
STORIES ARE EVERYWHERE. IF YOU DON’T PAY ATTENTION and reach out to grab them, you might spend months or more wondering ‘what could that story have been?’ I’ve missed many stories recently and I’m not going to get them back. That’s a shame because they were ripe for the plucking: the stories of people just [...]
MANY WRITERS ATTEST TO THE INHERENT DIFFICULTY IN THE ACT OF WRITING. George Orwell said, ‘Writing is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing, if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.’ However, there is [...]
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