Sep 3, 2017 | Amanda Kenney, Tips and tricks
I was recently interviewed about my experience as a writer, and I thought I’d share it with you: What does writing a book require? A lot of hard work. A brain is also a must. Fingers are a plus. But in all seriousness, there are three main requirements: (1) a...
Sep 6, 2016 | Tips and tricks
Like all art-forms, writing has rules. And like all rules about art, they are meant to be broken. First of all, if you’re a beginning writer, follow the rules. You must learn them before you can break them. Rules are meant to end in a certain effect. Once...
Jul 3, 2016 | Tips and tricks
There’s a lot you need to do to successfully write a good book. One of the biggest challenges, especially for a first-time writer, is just to actually finish the darn story. To get from the first chapter to the last chapter. There are a lot of reasons why a...
Apr 25, 2016 | Tips and tricks
I think today there is a great emphasis on originality. A writer is pressured to make sure their work is entirely original and fresh, with nothing copied or borrowed from anywhere else; dare I say nothing inspired by anything else? Perhaps it’s just me, but it...
Jan 7, 2015 | Tips and tricks
Right off the bat, it’s important to give your character, well, character. Give them little quirks and habits to make them more realistic. You know, like pushing their hair behind their ear when they’re nervous, or pushing their glasses up the bridge of...
Jan 5, 2015 | Tips and tricks
According to Saul Bellow, ‘You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.’ Do you agree? Disagree? And is it just me, or do the best writing ideas come after you’ve gone to bed and are trying to...
