![The Great Hunt [or where to look for ideas]](https://i2.wp.com/www.my-dreamcatcher.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/idea.jpg?fit=575%2C323&ssl=1)
I’ve been struggling with this post (and writing in general) for quite some time and I finally got around to saying to myself ‘Sit your ass down and get it written.’ Well, that worked better than expected
No matter if you've been writing for twenty years or if you are thinking about starting a book now - this is a question people will ask you, a question you'll ask yourself again and again. What is…
It's been a while since my last post so I'm sorry about that :D It turns out creating a habit of managing a blog while trying to work, read, have a social life and sleep is very hard. Luckily, most…
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Last week we spoke about using different aspect of SETTING in our stories and namely, using sounds to enhance a scene, a character, an emotion. This week we move on to another aspect that can help us make…
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Recently I wrote another post called "The Role of Setting in Fiction" where we discussed how important the use of setting is and what kind of role it plays in any kind of book, especially fiction. I know…
As writers we have to think of so many things to get our story to work - interesting characters and places, unexpected turns and twists, impeccable grammar and punctuation and so on, and so on. There are some…
So after some soul-searching and unpleasant head-banging in the writer's block I have decided that it is time to take a short break from writing and focus a bit more on reading and learning how to do the…
Let's face it - we've all thought long and hard about how to make our story better, how to get more readers, get more recognition and have this WOW moment when somebody says "This writer is amazing! They know…