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    Tag Archives for: "writer’s block"
     NaNoWriMo: 8 tips for if you’re stuck or overwhelmed
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In All About Writing, Tips for Writers
    Posted November 16, 2022

    NaNoWriMo: 8 tips for if you’re stuck or overwhelmed

    We’re in awe of the many people who manage to maintain the discipline of NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month – while the year is rushing to its end. Good […]

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     Monday Motivation: a compendium of motivational spurs for writers
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    By All About Writing
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog, Tips for Writers
    Posted July 26, 2021

    Monday Motivation: a compendium of motivational spurs for writers

    Richard is flat on his back after a small operation, and can’t sit up to type. A sad state of affairs for any writer. So instead of a fresh Monday […]

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     How to fight your way out of a writer’s block: Free, live webinar
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Webinars
    Posted July 27, 2019

    How to fight your way out of a writer’s block: Free, live webinar

    Douglas Adams, whose star shines brighter today than ever, is famous among writing and publishing communities for declaring that he “loved the sound of deadlines whooshing by”. In short, he […]

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     Monday Motivation: Writer’s block – and how to manage it
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation, Richard Beynon's blog
    Posted July 22, 2019

    Monday Motivation: Writer’s block – and how to manage it

    Some wear it as a badge of honour because it seems to affirm their identity as writers. For others it is a curse that keeps them from fulfilling the mandate […]

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     Let’s help each other make this a year for writing
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Newsletters, Tips for Writers
    Posted March 13, 2018

    Let’s help each other make this a year for writing

    Welcome to this month’s newsletter Many of our community, it seems, have earmarked 2018 as their year for writing. We’ve had so many requests for help and support, we’ve decided […]

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    In this week’s Monday Motivation, Richard return In this week’s Monday Motivation, Richard returns to George Saunders’s "A Swim in the Pond in the Rain" for a piece of profound insight into revision – and the development of a writer’s voice. http://ow.ly/iCsO50MKwyf #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #writersofinstagram
    Here's the latest in our 'hidden secrets of writin Here's the latest in our 'hidden secrets of writing' blog series, highlighting books published by past students of our Creative Writing Course or Mentoring Programme. Read an extract, check out the  writing skills and techniques we identify, and learn from the tips suggested by our analysis of the passage. Today we look at a passage from Limerence by Vincent Pienaar published by  @penguinrandon
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    What skills do you need as a writer? Here are ten What skills do you need as a writer? Here are ten skills you need to master to write compelling fiction or creative non-fiction. http://ow.ly/MX0C50MFcgT #aspiringauthors #writersofinstagram #writers #writing #amwriting #fiction #nonfiction #writingtips #writingadvice #authortips #authoradvice #writeradvice #writertips #writersecrets #writingclarity #writingcommunity #getpublished
    Check out our new blog series, The hidden secrets Check out our new blog series, The hidden secrets of writing, highlighting books published by past students of our Creative Writing Course or Mentoring Programme. We'll take an extract, identify writing skills and techniques and offer a tip or two (or three) suggested by our analysis of the chosen passage. The third in the series is Brave Lotus Flower Rides the Dragon by Tracy Todd @bravelotusflower published by @tmpublishers
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    In his Monday Motivation this week, Richard explor In his Monday Motivation this week, Richard explores (with the help of a swan) the idea that the magic of art rests on the invisible scaffolding that artifice provides. http://ow.ly/3zjT50MEr7N #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #writersofinstagram
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