HOW I CAME TO WRITE A NOVEL AND WHAT IT TAUGHT ME How I came to finally write my book. Or advice for fiction writers on how to develop the skills, techniques and mindset required to write a novel. After…
A LETTER TO MY YOUNGER SELF Or tips for fiction writers who are struggling with feelings of self-doubt and need to boost their confidence. Dear 25-year-old Nick I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is that…
EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES THAT’LL GET YOU WRITING What is writer’s block? The short answer to that is it’s a pain in the tuchus. Anyone who’s written has endured it to some degree. As a journalist, I most commonly encounter it when…
BASIC WAYS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF YOUR WORK ‘Know your enemy.’ So wrote Sun Tzu over 2,000 years ago. OK, so he might have been talking about how to defeat Chinese warlords but it’s a great bit of advice.…
TECHNIQUES THAT’LL HELP MAKE YOUR WRITING SHINE Welcome to part two of this post about how to improve your writing style. In part one, I talked about the need to identify and eradicate the enemies of good writing. If you missed it, you…