General Writing Hints...
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Blank Page Syndrome
It happens to every writer at least once. You open your notebook or log on to your computer, ready to go. Suddenly, you're staring at an open space with nothing on it....
Collaborative Writing
Many writers want to try collaborative writing at some point in their careers. For those who are new to a particular genre, or new to writing altogether, it can be a...
Copyright: Protection and Laws
When you put hours of work and plenty of insight and research into your writings, it's important to protect them from illegal usage. Consequently, it behooves you to...
Creating a Writing Environment
Ask 100 writers what the perfect writing environment would look like, and you'd no doubt get 100 vastly different answers. However all the responses would have one...
Discipline in Writing
Some days, it's tough to find the motivation to write.
Staring at a blank page or working on assignments that barely keep you awake can be dull and wholly...
Finding Your Style
Have you ever tried to define your style of writing? It's tough to delineate just what sets you apart from other authors or journalists, but the sooner you uncover your...
Handling Rejections
If you freelance long enough, you're bound to start receiving them - the dreaded rejection letters.
While every author knows they'll come sooner or later, that...
How To Effectively Use Similes and Metaphors in Your Writing
Similes and metaphors are used in many forms of writing - from newspapers and magazines to novels and in many other fields of writing too. They can...
Improving Your Sentence Structure
If you've chosen to try your luck as a writer, the chances are that you're fairly confident about your basic ability with language. Unfortunately, as any editor will...
Learning to Think Like a Writer
What's the difference between a real writer and a hobbyist who merely dabbles? A real writer understands that writing isn't just about what happens when they sit...
Personal Touch
Just as famous actors and shows have catch phrases, you might want all your writing pieces to have a certain something that tells readers you were the author. But...
Proofreading
Many authors find the act of proofreading their manuscripts to be difficult, but it's more a matter of perseverance than anything else. Is it the most fun part of...
Punctuation and Poetry
The world-renowned poet ee cummings wasn't the first to fool around with conventional punctuation in his works but he might just be the most well-known. By eschewing...
Research Starting Points
Everybody knows that a writer needs to do research, but what does that process involve and, perhaps more importantly, where should it begin? Many writers think they...
Rhyming Poetry
Poems don't just happen. Even the simplest-sounding rhymed creations represent hours of work. Like a Jackson Pollack painting, they might look easy, but they aren't....
Short Story v.s. Novel
Have you ever poured over an extremely short story and wished you could read more about the intriguing characters? Conversely, have you plodded through a molasses-slow...
The Importance of a Live Read-through When Writing
Whenever most of us carry out reviews of a writing composition we have produced, this will usually involve us reading through it again at least...
What's in a Word
Words, like molecules, are everywhere. They make up the bulk of our communication, yet we rarely ever notice them. How many times a day do you see the word of? Have you...
Writing Pitfalls
Anyone who says writing isn't a dodgy occupation obviously never became stuck in one of these common pitfalls. But it needn't be that way as many of them are avoidable....
