The end of June is actually upon us! First and foremost, we hope you’ve enjoyed the ride and found all of our posts invaluable and helpful to your blossoming writing careers. For the last post, we thought it might be a great idea to give you a whole bunch of awesome resources to submit […]
It’s two days before the end of June, and the end of National Young Writers Month! Today’s post is for all the worry warts out there, especially to those worrying that won’t be able to meet their NYWM deadlines. You have to bear in mind that goals are a motivational technique in itself – if […]
We’ve discussed planning the novel and how to get that amazing first sentence to get the ball rolling, but what happens when you’re near the end but you don’t know how to end it? Like the beginning of your written piece, the ending is just as difficult to write. You have to be able to […]
Let’s be honest, goals can be difficult to maintain let alone fully complete before a deadline, so what do you do to stay motivated when trying to achieve your writing goals? Many of you should be towards the end of their writing goals, so we thought we might give you so more motivational pep talks […]
So you want to be an editor… When you really think about it, everyone is an editor in some way or another. Every single day we edit – a writer revises his manuscript, a teacher stops mid sentence to enhance clarity in his coherency, a students edits their assignment. But a professional editor doesn’t just […]
Name: TJ Ryan Age: 25 State: Queensland What is your NYWM goal? My goal this year is to finish editing the first full draft of my novel and start submitting it to publishers. What kind of writing do you do? I enjoy writing fantasy and science fiction. Some spec fic. I prefer writing for children […]
Have you thought about blogging? Because technology has evolved so much over the past few years, nearly everything is available online nowadays. Blogging is a great way to put yourself out there if you’re tight on money or hoping to development an audience on an international scale. It also makes you a better writer. How? […]
Songwriters, raise your hands! It’s all about you today! Today’s post is about songwriting and how to do it effectively. Writing lyrics can be a difficult task because not only do you need to be creative about it, the song has to able to touch you emotionally and the audience you would like to cater […]
Let’s be honest, we all need help sometimes. That’s why having a writing mentor is always handy to have. A writing mentor isn’t necessarily an editor per say. It’s more of a casual relationship that it is a formal one – writing mentors are there to assist you as you progress throughout your written pieces, […]
Name: Georgie Rychner Age: 19 State: Victoria What is your NYWM goal? To finally get started on my novella! I’ve been focusing on short stories over the past few years but there’s always been this one complex idea in my mind that deserves space to unwind. It’s time I sat down and worked on it. […]
