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Overcoming the Problems of Procrastination for Writers

If you are a writer, of any kind, I’m sure you are well acquainted with the problems of procrastination that many of us have to deal with. You know, where you tell yourself that you’ll sit down and write 1000 words and then you can have that meal or put the T.V. on. But what […]

Publishing EBooks and your Success in a Crowded Market

Publishing your own eBook on the internet is a cinch these days, what’s not a cinch is that marketing the book Successfully is becoming more difficult. The web is crowded with new authors who want their 15 minutes of fame. The good news is that I’m certain that most of those authors are not for […]

Why you shouldn’t learn to Write 10,000 Words a day

Write a Lot of Words and Feel Great Writing a lot of words in a short time  has become a trend these days. There are countless books out there which offer the key to being able to write your novel in 30 days or even 24 hours. Authors of these books are preying on the […]

Tips on Writing Fiction – Character Conflict

Do you have problems with your Fictional Character? Or is it that the story doesn’t seem to have any real meaty scenes? These tips on writing Character in Fiction are what I use to keep my writing moving along without having to stop for too long. A character can only be any good in the […]

The Secret to Writing Great Stories

This is Important Writing a great story is big task and a big ask – of yourself. How do the greats do it? I started writing many years ago, shortly after starting I realised that I had a big problem with getting going, keeping going and finally ending the story. I thought it was all […]

The Secret to Discovering the Premise of your Story

How to find the Secret meaning in a story. Your Story and its meaning is important to you as a writer. Stories that have no premise have no coherent idea of where they are going to. The authors who wrote those stories didn’t understand a simple secret of finding the Premise in their story. I […]

Staying Motivated with Your Fiction Writing

  People think that Writing is easy. After all, all you have to do is string a few words together and watch as your story fills up the computer screen. Right? We all Tell Stories to our friends when something interesting happened and we know that our mind seems to just churn out these strange […]

Writing, Motivation and your Goal to Write Stories

Santiago Rámon y Cajal described neurons as “mysterious butterflies of the soul, the beating of whose wings might one day, who knows, reveal the secrets of mental life.” He was writing about the human mind and its mysteries at the same time he was well on the way to discovering that our brain cells are […]

How to write Non-Fiction eBooks

How to Write in the Non-Fiction style. Writing is great fun. It can also be work and that means it needs focus and concentration to be able to say what you mean. When you write a Non-Fiction eBook you are sharing information with strangers, people who you have never met. You don’t know how they […]

Getting into Writer’s Flow

  Most people and if you’re a bit like me, have a problem starting things. Even things that they have already started working on – like a story or a book. If you have been writing for sometime already I’m sure you have experienced the difference  between a writing session being like pulling teeth and […]