What novels can teach you – Barrack Obama Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
… the most important stuff I’ve learned I think I’ve learned from novels…It has to do with empathy. It has to do with being comfortable with the notion that the … Continue reading
Quiz – can you judge a book by its cover?
The wonderfully talented book designer Simon Avery (see an example of his work on the right. Hint: it has creative writing in the title) has come up with a quiz … Continue reading
Theatre insists on the present tense…Richard Eyre Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
Theatre insists on the present tense – there’s a sense of occasion and of being part of a community in any theatre performance. We go into the theatre as individuals … Continue reading
The answer to Writer’s Block? Going for a swim…quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
I step away from the computer and swim. I really wish someone had told me earlier that there’s a relationship between writing and exercise. Writing involves you being completely, revoltingly … Continue reading
Writer’s, club together…
Originally posted on Cath Humphris:
The first rule for a writing class is you do ask questions. The second rule for a writing class is: You do ask questions. Third rule…
A writer lives in two worlds says Maggie O’Farrall – Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
(When she’s writing) I can’t have anyone else in the room and if the children come in, I have to stop. You need the real world to fade to be … Continue reading
The Internet in 100 Years
Originally posted on International Book Promotion:
The Internet in 100 Years
Writing Exercise from the Archives BREAKFAST
Your subject — what you ate this morning. Compare it with other breakfasts you’ve known: childhood breakfasts, breakfasts with lovers, breakfasts with children, breakfasts in greasy spoon cafes, in chic … Continue reading
Writing Exercise from the archives. IN THE SUMMER TIME…
We need to make the most of the summer so today’s exercise is very simple: go outside to write whenever you have the chance. But do it in a way … Continue reading
Writing a novel as if the characters could run away – P.G.Wodehouse Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
The principle I always go on in writing a novel is to think of the characters in terms of actors in a play. I say to myself, if a big … Continue reading
Entering Contests
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
In 2005, I won a local writing contest; as a result, I’ve frequently been asked to judge it. (image: http://www.pixabay.com)…
What it means to be a writer – Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
To be a writer is to sit down at one’s desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue … Continue reading
Even badly-written science fiction has value – Robert Heinlein Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
I think that science fiction, even the corniest of it, even the most outlandish of it, no matter how badly it’s written, has a distinct therapeutic value because all of … Continue reading
When reviews really matter…
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
Image source reddit.com “Bilbo Baggins was a Hobbit who lived in his Hobbit hole and never went for adventures, at last Gandalf…
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 