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Author Q and A – Jennifer Withers – Gloam
Our Author Q and A series celebrates All About Writing community members. We hope this blog will inspire you to write, help motivate you to get to the finish line, […]
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Author Q and A: Jennifer Withers – Gloam
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 […]
Writing Secrets: What subtlety can do for your characters
What is it that makes a character come across as a caricature, rather than a finely drawn person we can believe in? Well, clearly, two-dimensionality plays its part. If you […]
Writing Secrets: Writing makes us humble
My golf-mad parents used to say: There’s one thing about the game. It keeps you humble. How much more is this true of writing? It’s easy to let an early […]
Writing Secrets: Story can’t exist in splendid isolation
Story exists because of characters – and what those characters want. This was brought home to me again recently by an exercise we set in one of our courses. We […]
Writing Secrets: Believe in it – at least, if you expect us to
We’ve had someone on our mentoring programme who has been struggling for months with a story, which just hasn’t been coming together. The main character didn’t ring true. We couldn’t […]
Writing Secrets: Fiction makes us better human beings
We all know people who think themselves morally or intellectually superior for reading non-fiction instead of fiction. And recently, the numbers of non-readers have been swelled by the digital [...]
Writing Secrets: The enemy within the subordinate clause
I was recently accused of being the enemy of subordinate clauses. I’d like to make this clear: I don’t hate complex sentences, certainly not as a matter of principle. But […]
Writing Secrets: Writing in a time of global connections
It just occurred to me that, when I began my first book, there was no internet. And only a year later, I saw a mobile phone for the first time: […]
Writing Secrets: You’re the doorman, not the bouncer
Mine is the first of All About Writing’s blogs to be featured on our brand-new website so, welcome! Please have a browse around. We think it projects a sharp new look […]
Writing Secrets: Making the intentions work for you
Each morning that I sit down to write I think I won’t be able to do it. I know it’s pathetic. I’ve written five books, but when I contemplate a […]
The secrets behind the practice of good writing: If you want for nothing – it’s the end of your story
In life people speak about “wanting for nothing” as though it’s a good thing. Actually, in life and in stories, it’s not a good thing at all. It means, basically, […]
