Wildly Wordy Blogposts

A good beginning is like an open door, inviting the reader to come in, settle in your armchair with a nice cup of tea, as you take them along on the journey they came for. So, how can you throw open that door and invite your readers in?

Finding inspiration for fictional settings from your sofa or studio flat can be challenging. Join me this week as I share some quick & dirty tips on how to find setting inspiration during national lockdown!

I love NaNo. But that is not to say it hasn't been a hard month. There is a reason it is called a challenge. But challenges are a great breeding ground for new lessons. And even though I've done NaNo a fair few times now, there's still more to learn...

Routines aren't just good for keeping on top of your eating habits or your exercise regime. They also work for creative endeavours, like writing or painting or anything else you're passionate about. Find out how to build a writing routine you can finally stick to.

Whether writing can truly be taught has been discussed time and time again. Why are we so fascinated by this question, and what can we actually learn from creative writing instructors?

Deleting parts of your own manuscript is one of the most painful parts of writing a book. How can you get over cutting out something you worked so hard on?

There are a lot of guides out there on how to self-edit your manuscript and they give many good pointers on polishing up your writing. But often, they focus only on the nitty-gritty, sentence-level part of editing. But what do you do if you've got bigger problems than that? Don't worry. I've got you.

Every writer faces writer's block, and nine times out of ten you can bet it all comes back down to fear. Really looking at why you're scared, opening your mind to that fear, while hard, is often the most important step you can take.

Our storytelling past and present highlights how much we are connected through sharing our stories.

Using action tags effectively can easily enrich your story and take a well-structured, focused, but ultimately flat scene to new heights.

Listen to the podcast or read my blog to learn how to make them do the heavy lifting for you.