Monday Motivation

Writers, are often told to ‘write what you know’, but what does that really mean when we’re creating fictional worlds? Richard’s recent subscribers only writing motivation mailer [...]

As writers, we often face a dilemma: we need to keep writing, but sometimes our creativity runs dry. That’s when taking a break isn’t just a luxury—it’s a necessity. But not all [...]

Writing is a journey full of ups and downs, triumphs and roadblocks. Even the most prolific authors have faced times when the words just won’t flow and self-doubt creeps in. If you’re [...]

Building a relationship with your reader Whether you’re writing a short story, a novel or a trilogy of space operas, what you want your reader to do, after they’ve turned the last page is sigh, [...]

During our trip to South Africa earlier this year, Trish and I made the long drive from Cape Town to Johannesburg over two days. We stopped over in a b&b on the outskirts of a little town in [...]

Rocket Fuel for Your Writing: Inspiration and Motivation for Writers by Richard Beynon contains a series of writing craft essays for authors and writers with additional notes and writing [...]

In the final paragraph of his Origin of Species, Charles Darwin talks about the grandeur of nature in its many forms. He remarks on the fact that the complexity of something like an “entangled [...]

Spring seems at last to have broken out in the United Kingdom. The last few days have seen hours of uninterrupted sunlight for what seems like the first time in months. As the weather improved, [...]

This is a story about a clutch of goose eggs, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and the eternal struggle between hope and despair. You might remember my tale last year about the Canada geese that [...]

Here’s a three-finger exercise for you: what are the sinewy fibres that link conflict, character and climax? The question arose as I pondered my strategies for our latest foray into the wilds of [...]

I’ve been puzzling over a small challenge I’ve given myself: to turn a recent experience I’ve had into a short story. The nature of the experience is not in itself very important – although to me [...]

Here’s a story about our visit to hear a world-famous writer talk about his music (and his writing), together with some of his advice – and what happened then. Trish booked us seats at the Queen [...]