For today’s column, I thought I focus on something that affects quite a lot of writers, both new and experienced. The dreaded filler or filter words. We all use them...

Over the course of the past three weeks I’ve covered comp titles, elevator pitches, and the synopsis, so this week I’m going to finish this series with how to query...

In the past three weeks I’ve covered comp titles, elevator pitches, and query letters so this week I’m going to focus on the synopsis. This is often something that a...

In the past two weeks I’ve covered comp titles and elevator pitches, so this week I’m going to focus on the query letter. If you are planning on submitting your...

In this week’s column I thought I’d follow on from last week’s topic of comp titles and focus on writing a great elevator pitch for your novel. As with comp...

In this week’s column I thought I’d take a look at comp titles and comp authors. What they are and why they are useful. This is an area I really...

The topic for this week’s column is how to scare your readers. If you write horror, or are thinking about it, these links should help. It’s not just horror that...

In this week’s column I thought I’d take a look at how to create tension in your writing. This is something that is required for almost every novel you write...

In this week’s column I thought I’d take a look at how to write comedy. This is not an easy thing to do and hopefully the articles I’ve chosen this...

In this week’s column I thought I’d take a look at “Show, Don’t Tell”. This is something that has tripped me up on numerous occasions and something I think a...