If one of your characters feels flat or boring, perhaps it’s because you haven’t given them enough ATTENTION. All relationships, even fictional ones, demand care. Character development comes through spending time with your characters on the page; listening to them talk about things that matter to them, following them as they engage with difficult problems,… Read More
Creative Writer Worksheet – Writer’s Block (PDF) Writer’s block is a myth. And if I hadn’t received hundreds of emails from writers claiming to be afflicted by it, I wouldn’t even acknowledge its presence. Here’s Philip Pullman on the subject: “Writer’s block…a lot of howling nonsense would be avoided if, in every sentence containing the word… Read More
Creative Writer Worksheet – I Don’t Feel Like Writing (PDF) The best way to stop procrastinating on something isn’t to find ever-more-elaborate ways to force yourself into action, it’s simply to ask yourself, “why?” Why don’t you feel like writing? I’m not going to make you. I’m just curious… Find the complete list of worksheets… Read More
There’s a wealth of valuable writing advice in this list of free writing ebooks. I’m sure that like me, you’ll be amazed at just how generous these writers are, and how much enthusiasm they have to help you reach your writing goals. I know we’re all enchanted by the idea of making a living with nothing but our words, but… Read More
Last Sunday I attended a lecture by Margaret Boden. She spoke with great warmth, knowledge and clarity. Good communicators are rare even among eminent scholars and one can almost be forgiven for forgetting that academia is about disseminating knowledge, not just ego-edifices. Her talk was very similar to this one she gave in Oxford a couple… Read More
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