A collection of hints, tips, ideas and general input about writing and publishing a book
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWfGqo1QtIU] I was testing out how fast I could produce a video. Turns out … fast! In this really quick 2 minute video I cover off the four key elements to writing a book what’s the big idea? create a plan scope out the book write! And you’re done! Obviously there is a lot more … Read more
Listened in to an interview between Jennifer Byrne and Margaret Atwood. It was from last years Sydney Writer’s Festival. One thing she said struck me. She posited that when she began writing, one just wrote and it was difficult due to it being uncommon. These days. she said, you can do a Creative Writing course at … Read more
I teach a writing course. Some may wonder why, given I have never legitimately published or authored a book. That seems to be people’s expectation of a teacher of writing. Yet I have a talent for writing, always have had, and enjoy the process of writing including the frustrations and disappointments. I do actually plan to write … Read more
If you have a story tot ell and you can produce it in video, head over to Celtx – they are funding a competition and it costs nothing to enter. They are picking the best ten to award a prize to as well as some promotion juice.
Check it out – https://www.celtx.com/seeds.html. See if it suits and if you qualify.
When you get serious about writing you start to realise it would help to have a software tool to keep your writing organised. If you search for writing software you’ll find a number of products out there and I am confident many of them are very good and worth the money. But most fledgling writers … Read more
I became a writer by writing. I remember almost all of my undergraduate creative writing teachers saying, Just write, and things will happen Quoted by Carrie Oeding from her teachers in her BA English. source: https://phdincreativewriting.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/how-carrie-oeding-became-a-writer/ Well worth the read. Reading any writer’s story provides inspiration to see how others have found their path to … Read more