I’ve written a lot of blog posts over the past few years – about 500 of them, in fact. I thought I would make it easier if you’re trying to find something to section my posts about writing advice. Beware: some of them are truly shite.
ALSO! Please CLICK HERE to go to my NaNoWriMo directory, which has specific NaNo-posts on there. I won’t be cross-referencing all of them onto this page too.
Generic Advice
- Just 21 Writing Prompts
- Finding The Notebook For You
- The Good & Bad Novel Lists
- Free/Automatic Writing
- Tricking Yourself Into Writing
- It’s Okay To Say No-Kay | you really don’t have to write every single day!
- Writing When You Don’t Feel Like Writing
- Just Write It!
- On Improving The Speed Of Your Writing
- 5 Ways To Get Writing Again
- Using Real Life In Your Writing – series | PLACES | PEOPLE
- To Chapter Or Not To Chapter?
- Said Sirius Seriously (word choice) | #1 | #2
- A Step-By-Step Guide to Take Criticism Well and Learn From It
- Using X for Inspiration | MUSIC | WORDS | IMAGES
- Symbolism In Your Writing
- Music & Writing
- Writing Every Day Easily
- Which POV To Choose When Writing?
- Ending Chapters
- 5 Ways to Keep Writing During School
- Keep On Writin’
- Snap ‘Em Up | how to get your readers to read your book
- Frightening Writing | how to keep going when you’re unsure
- Do Your Research
- That Awful Blanking Feeling
- Describing vs Boring
- How I Research & Plan
SPaG – Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation
- U Wot M8 | creating realistic dialogue
- Rules Of Speech #1 | #2
- Awesome Alliteration
- Which Witch is Which? | on the to whiches over their (grammar for which/witch, their/there/they’re, too/two/to, and its/it’s)
- Rules of Speech
- Effect vs Affect
Characters
- On People Watching
- For / Against Mentally Casting Your Characters
- Making Your Characters More 3D
- Character Imagery | show don’t tell
- Some Tips on Writing Villains
- Are [Your] Characters Even Human?!
- “Well hi newbie, apparently I’m your writer“
- Names…
Plot & Structure
- 3 Tips for Writing a Prologue
- 5 Tips To Have A Romance Alongside Your Main Story
- For and Against a Happy Ending
- 5 Ways to Sort Out Inconsistencies
- Climatic Climax
Not Actual Writing But Still Related
- 5 Essential Pieces of Stationary for Writers
- The Hardest Writing Task I’ve Ever Done
- Exercise & Writing
- Can You Be Taught Creative Writing?
- Using Your Phone/Tablet
- 10 Reasons You Should Totally Try a Writing Challenge
- Know Your Writing Limit
- Some Really Cool Writing Websites
- Write Everyday
- A Discussion About Targets
- Something To Not Say When Making Connections
- Find a Way To Relax
- Looking Forward [to coming back to your novel]
- How to Write a Blurb
- “Dammit Procrastination“
- “Inspirenza“
- When It’s Alright Not To Write
- “HA! You got REJECTED!“
- Backing Up Your Work!
- How To Research
- New Ideas Everywhere!
Poetry, Zines & Other Writing Styles
- HOW TO MAKE A MINI-ZINE… [series]
- …electronically, including FREE template!
- why should you?
- Zine inspiration
- POETRY
- The Pros & Cons of Scriptwriting
- FANFICTION
- Drabbles
- Headcanons
- HOW TO series:
- ARTICLE WRITING
- Dos & Don’ts of Article Writing
- Pitching
- Getting Information
- Structure & Presentation (very out of date and old info!)