One of the things that you need to try and get down to a fine art if you are going to write extended pieces of fiction is the way you treat transitions between scenes. It is absolutely vital that you are able to construct smooth transitions when time moves the action on or when you [...]
Keeping a vocab book is a really good way of making sure that you are always in a position to expand the bank of words in your mind. When you come across an unfamiliar or particularly attractive word in a book, newspaper or in conversation, make sure that you jot it down. However, you must [...]
It’s amazing how often you think you are completely finished with your editing only to look over your work again to find it strewn with errors. Sometimes these errors are just typos and mistakes with punctuation and at other times they are more serious. What these errors show you is just how important proofreading is. [...]
Sometimes it seems as though the world is against you when you are a young writer. If you haven’t experienced a whole lot in your day to day life then you can find yourself without any real subject to act as a vehicle for your creative talent and you may not have the time to [...]
