One's Play's One Thing
By Kristen McGorry 22 May 2013
Kristen McGorry finds out the hard way that writing a play is very different to writing a novel.
A Health Warning
By Siobhan Davies 7 May 2013
"My life is now in narrative." Siobhan Davies on disappearing into your work.
Feeding the mad Doc
By Iain Rowan 1 May 2013
When the endless chattering monkey-mind stills, the subconscious seizes its chance.
The Lean Novelist
By Ian Ellard 25 March 2013
What can novelists learn from the crazy world of startups?
Write The Lie
By Leslene Kwame 22 March 2013
Leslene Kwame, from Writing A Novel | Online, gets herself in trouble when a writing exercise calls on her to describe her sister-in-law's bedroom.
Writing on the move
By Lindsay Berry 19 March 2013
The romance of writing while you travel can wear off pretty quickly — Lindsay Berry kept the spark alive.
Small is beautiful
By Vicki Jarrett 11 December 2012
Vicki Jarrett tells her story of a hard road to publication. Linen Press Books understood Vicki's vision, and Vicki's novel is now available in both paperback and digital formats.
“You Can’t Edit What You Haven’t Written.” 5 NaNoWriMo Tips
By Michael Davenport 30 November 2012
NaNoWriMo is held each year throughout November. The challenge is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. Michael Davenport, a student on the ‘Getting Started: Writing Fiction’course, who completed his first NaNoWriMo this year, shares a few tips on how to get a novel written in just one month.
Taking – and making – time to write
By Racha Mourtada 28 November 2012
Racha Mourtada, a student on the ‘Writing A Novel’ course in London, talks about finding time to write. For most writers, a protracted stretch of ‘writing only’ time sounds like heaven. Racha discusses her ‘sabbatical mode’ and how to get a novel written even when having to clock into work every day.
Why Write?
By Elisha Neethling 22 November 2012
Elisha Neethling, a current student on the “Writing a Novel Online" course, talks about her passion and love for writing. Discussing her evolving relationship with the written word, Elisha shares her reasons for writing.
Get Inspired. Stop Waiting Around
By Vikki Thompson 20 November 2012
“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club”. Every writer has lost their inspiration and struggled with finding it again. Vikki Thompson, a student on the ‘Writing A Novel’ course with Tim Lott, gives a few tips on where to find fresh inspiration to overcome the dreaded writer’s block.
The Elusive 'Writing Process'
By Annabelle Heap 16 November 2012
'Whenever an idea strikes I’ll write. But often it never translated into a story, or part of my book – somehow it just got lost along the way'. Annabelle Heap, a student on the Writing a Novel Online course talks about how discipline helped her with her writing.
It's Writing Time
By Lesley Quayle 14 November 2012
‘Procrastination is the thief of time, I will invent almost any excuse to justify not sitting down in front of my laptop and actually writing something.’ Lesley Quayle gives her view.
How To Write In 10 Very Easy Steps
By Janet Kelly 9 November 2012
'It is time to write. In fact, it has been time to write for about three hours now and you are still no further towards your goal of actually putting pen to paper. Or keyboard to screen'. Janet Kelly. a student on our 'Writing A Novel' course, gives us her 10 easy steps to get writing.
(Hand)writing A Novel
By Emma Parsons 26 October 2012
"Writing a novel by hand brings your words alive and more at speed with your thoughts". Emma Parsons completed Writing A Novel in June 2011. This is an extract from a recent post, titled ‘Experiments in handwriting’ in which she proposes a forgotten technique of writing a novel. This extract is reproduced with permission, and with delight.