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Our Author Q and A series celebrates All About Writing community members. We hope this blog will help motivate you to get to the finish line, offer support to the authors (please buy their [...]

Stepping out of your comfort zone as a writer can be daunting, especially when faced with a new genre or format that seems beyond your current skills. In both this blog and my next [...]

As writers, we often grapple with the balance between rich, detailed descriptions and concise, impactful prose. This week, both in this blog and my subscriber only Monday Writing Motivation [...]

Ever wondered why some stories feel profoundly true, even when they’re pure fiction? Welcome to the art of literary models – where we craft universes not to predict, but to illuminate the [...]

I’ve been dabbling in a little mystery writing inspired by life in the marina – and it’s denizens. This exercise has given me renewed faith in many of the writing topics I [...]

In our free subscriber-only Monday Writing Motivation, I ask if there’s a mental state particularly supportive of the creative process. This got me thinking about the essential lessons [...]

Ever feel like your story’s missing that special something? Yes, sure, it’s good, but not quite great? Well, you might be overlooking a powerful tool in your writing toolkit: thematic [...]

As writers, we often grapple with self-doubt, writer’s block, and the fear that our work won’t resonate with readers. In this week’s subscriber only Monday Writing Motivation I look [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]