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How to write flash fiction

Want to produce really flash stories? Sharpen your writing skills with flash fiction. Small is beautiful Apart from winning competitions, there are beneficial spin-offs from writing flash fiction: finding one word to replace four stretches your vocabulary; keeping it tight

Trish August 21, 2016September 13, 2019 Better Writing Tips, Writing Read more

How to Read Like a Writer…and why

How to Read Like a Writer…and why

What writer is not familiar with Stephen King’s advice: ‘Read a lot, write a lot’? For him, reading is important because ‘it creates an ease and intimacy with the process of writing.’ Reading like writers achieves greater intimacy and a

Trish August 7, 2014October 23, 2017 Better Writing Tips, Featured, Reading, Writing Read more

Tips on how to write a book review

Writing a review is easier than you might think and an essential part of the reading process. It’s a great feeling to re-live the joy of a good read by sharing your enthusiasm with others. I’m not talking about literary

Trish August 1, 2014March 20, 2020 Better Writing Tips, Reviews, Writing Read more

How to Write Without Adverbs

This morning’s email from a friend, written in panic, and ending with “Help!” was sparked by advice from the judge of a story competition he wanted to enter. The advice was this: ‘Do not use adverbs.’ “But the second word

Trish March 24, 2014October 2, 2017 Better Writing Tips, Writing Read more

6 Editing Tips: Find and Seek

Editing a book, whether of fiction or non-fiction, involves a series of subtly different processes. A structural edit reviews the arrangement and flow of the ‘story’ into chapters and paragraphs; what is revealed when, and in whose voice, aiming for

Trish February 19, 2014May 7, 2018 Better Writing Tips, publishing, Writing Read more
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