How To Win NaNoWriMo
Taking part in NaNoWriMo this year? Here's some advice from my experiences on how to win NaNoWriMo and hit that 50k goal!
Category: Advice
Five Ways to Make Your Day More Enjoyable
Sometimes we just need a way to make our lives more enjoyable and help us get the most out of each day. Here are five simple tips you can implement to make your day more enjoyable.
Five Ways To Plan Your Goals
Goal planning can be challenging, but here are five fun, interesting and effective ways on how to plan your goals so you can achieve your dreams!
6. How To Write The First Draft Of A Novel
If you're writing a novel, the first draft is often the biggest part. Here's how to write the first chapter of a novel to "the end".
5. How To Plot A Novel
Plotting a novel (or any kind of story) can be as complicated or as simple as you'd like. Let me rephrase that – plotting is technically simple, but the level of detail you want to get into is up to you.
Five Ways To Be More Productive
1. Schedule things. If you want to do something, you need to set aside time to actually do it. Start by blocking out the times in your day when you’re not available (e.g., the times you’re at work, looking after kids, cooking/eating meals, sleeping, etc.) then you can see how...
4. Options for Plotting a Novel
Welcome to my How To Write A Novel series (the title of which is rather self-explanatory). I’m taking you through the key components and most common questions I get asked about novel writing – from the very first idea to how to know when you’re done – in a way...
Seven Books Every Aspiring Writer Should Read
If you’re a writer, you should read. There’s a long-standing debate about that statement throughout the writing community – I fall squarely on the ‘pro-read’ side. Yes, you can be a good writer without reading (though who wants to just be good?), but immersing yourself in others’ stories, in noticing...
Five Ways To Be More Motivated
1. Create a plan Decide what your overall goal is, and be specific, so you have a definitive outcome to get to. That act alone makes your goal more tangible, and you’re more likely to go for something if you know exactly what you want, rather than some vague notion....
3. Setting/worldbuilding
Welcome to my How To Write A Novel series (the title of which is rather self-explanatory). I’m taking you through the key components and most common questions I get asked about novel writing – from the very first idea to how to know when you’re done – in a way...