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Category: Writing tips

Easy steps to stronger sentences

November 28, 2020 cheryl

Words of wisdom from Harry Bingham at Jericho Writers. If you haven’t signed up for their newsletter at least, or…

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Real life and writing

November 27, 2020 cheryl
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What made me think about it? This morning I was listening to Woman’s Hour on BBC 4 as I drove…

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Posted in: self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: historical fiction, life experience, real settings, relatable characters, voice in writing

Ease Draft One Pain – Critique Partners, and a tool!

November 12, 2020 cheryl

Last night we had a zoom meeting of our local novel group, a sub-group of Dean Writers Circle. Right now,…

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Posted in: self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: draft one, drafting, editing, novel review, writing groups

Two key points on the importance of structure

October 28, 2020 cheryl

I was very lucky to have a conversation with Imogen Robertson, chair of the HWA, who kindly offered to give…

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Six key take-aways for successful blogging – a year later

October 9, 2020 cheryl
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These six key take-aways for successful blogging came out of a Jane Friedman webinar I attended. I thought it would…

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Posted in: Marketing, self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: blogging, newsletter, research, target audience

Why short story and flash fiction writing is a good idea

September 30, 2020 cheryl

Thrilled that my story Orchard Kingdom – a keen favourite of mine – was awarded first prize in the Ottery…

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Winning and the value of writing groups

September 7, 2020 cheryl

Over the past few weeks my local writing group, Dean Writers Circle, has become buried under a glorious load of…

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Writing prompts …

August 19, 2020 cheryl

We held our monthly writing workshop by Zoom this morning given the weather is in no way conducive to being…

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Lessons from beta reading …

August 11, 2020 cheryl

I’ve been busy, not just on writing stuff but a lot of my busyness has been there. For myself, I’ve…

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Ten Ways to get to The End when writing a book

July 30, 2020 cheryl

This blog post by author Tony Batton is a must read for novel writers… we’ve all been there. And now…

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