Tag: coaching
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Writing Tips From An Editor #6
The Graveyard This is not as macabre as it sounds, I promise. The graveyard is just what I call a document that I use like a halfway house for content that doesn’t have a place in the manuscript but would be silly of me to delete outright. Let’s say I’ve just completed my first draft […]
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Writing Tips From An Editor #5
Planning Planning is just as important as having a writing habit, it is the other key way of preventing writer’s block, or simply getting stuck. As a creative person, planning can feel really dull and restricting. Not planning can be equally restricting because you might not only forget key information that you wanted in the […]
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Writing Tips From An Editor #4
Equipment The Equipment that you use for your writing does so many things for you behind the scenes that you don’t even realise. It’s such a basic requirement for writing but it is so significant to the amount of work that you are actually going to be able to produce. What do I mean by […]
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The Rabbit Hole
Writing, reading, editing, transcribing, meetings, emails, slack. Work seems to have consumed me the last few weeks, I’ve scarcely had time to post on my blog. The children have gone back to school and after six long weeks of getting up from my desk every five minutes to get someone a snack, break up a […]
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Writing Tips From An Editor #3
Showing and Telling This week I thought we would work on the difference between showing and telling in your writing. It makes a huge difference in how engaged your reader is, how likely they are to stay invested, and how well received your work will be. It’s something I see a lot of when editing […]
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Your Wednesday Writing Prompt!
Following the lead of some of you happy bloggers, I’m going to launch a weekly series of writing prompts now that my following is beginning to grow. Each week I will post a title and it’s completely up to you how you progress from there. Let creativity be your guide! Write a poem, a short […]
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