Writing Secrets: Do you have a story to tell?
When I was a very young student, a lecturer of mine – something of a Svengali, if I think about him now – asked me why I wanted to write. […]
Monday Motivation: Should you plan your story – or wing it?
I’ve had arguments – some passionate to the point of mutually assured destruction – over this single issue: should you develop your characters and the bones of your story, before […]
Is your story running on empty? How All About Writing can provide support.
We all began the year with a story with a happy ending: that by December we’d have written that long-deferred novel or script… or that short story that’s teased us […]
Writing Secrets: Why you should be using more details in your writing
Mary was in the kitchen making herself tea. If you read my blog last week, you’ll already know that’s not the best way to start a scene. Rather try to […]
Advice to make your writing better
Could your writing be better? Of course. Same goes for all of us. Here are links to ten pieces of sage writing advice. Since we are celebrating story this month […]
Monday Motivation: Writing is nice work, if you can get it
I’m sitting in Campo San Polo in the coolth of the umbrellas of the Bar Cico, surrounded by a sprinkling of patrons. An elderly Italian man wrinkled and weather-worn sporting […]
Need some inspiration to get writing?
Need some instant inspiration to get writing? Who doesn’t. Here are ten of our Monday Motivations, all focusing on story, sure to spur you on. Read them all at once, […]
Writing Secrets: We don’t always need the “where and when”
It’s Tuesday afternoon. Jo-Anne is in her study, working on her blogs. Imagine that as the start of a scene. Okay, it tells you what I’m doing, and when. It’s […]
Writing need not be lonely – how we can help
It’s hard to achieve your writing goals alone. It’s easy to get stuck, easy to procrastinate, easy to give up. That’s why All About Writing exists. To give everyone the […]
Monday Motivation: On the margins of the river, a lesson for all us writers
Herons are long-legged fresh-water and coastal birds which live on a varied diet of small fish, crustacea, frogs and aquatic insects. On both rivers and canals, we pass herons regularly […]
Writing Secrets: Take the leap – we’ll leap with you
We don’t need to follow your character into the bathroom. Her brushing and flossing routine don’t do it for us – or even for your story. If, however, she enters […]
September Newsletter: Writers need company – and a helping hand
The Palazzo Albrizzi, Venice I’m writing this in Venice, on the third floor of the Palazzo Albrizzi, where the fourth iteration of our annual writing retreat is about to begin. The […]
