Writing tips / musings: omnibus edition

I've written a few blog posts over the years on how I write, and been asked to contribute various 'top tips' articles to other publications.

I thought I'd group the ones which have been most popular together here.

I get irritated by writing tips blogs which hand down knowledge from on high as though graven in stone (talking of which, bonus tip - clichés are fine, used sparingly), so you should always go with the advice that works for you, and not feel bad about discarding the advice that doesn't.

Everyone's different, and your mileage may vary, as they say.


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Writing a first draft

Revising a book

Top 5 tips on being a writer

Editing

Grizzly murders and the perils of quoting the Boss

The next one

If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything

What works for me

Why I wrote The Killing Season

The fine detail

5 tips on plotting

The 500 words method

Structuring a novel in Word

Settings and Samaritans

Why America?

Top 10 locations to set an action thriller

Q&A with Magna Books

The Problems of being a writer

Writing a series