This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. 1. Do it! You don’t need a desk or an agent or a publisher. Once you start putting words down on paper you become a writer. And the more you do it, the better you’ll become. 2. Read. This might seem obvious, but if you want … [Read more...] about Clare Dowling’s Top Five Writing Tips
Writing & Editing
The Right and Wrong of Writing
Being an avid reader-cum-reviewer, a blogger and now an author there are many instances where I have loved some books to death and hated some to the extent where I didn’t even want anyone to know that I have read them. Well, maybe hate is too strong a word, disliked is the right word, for hating a book is never possible. Like I always say, books always teach you something. If a … [Read more...] about The Right and Wrong of Writing
5 Tips for Writing the Perfect Ending of a Novel
Endings have the power to make or break a novel. They can turn an otherwise slow book into a masterpiece, or destroy a good one. A good ending needs to be fresh, new, surprising and has to make sense. It is very difficult to create, especially since if an ending was fresh twenty years ago, it’s become a cliché these days – the reader has encountered that type of ending in way … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Writing the Perfect Ending of a Novel
How to Start and Run a Mastermind Group for Writers
The concept of Mastermind groups is unfamiliar to many writers, even though it’s been around since the early 40s (coined by Napoleon Hill in his book Think and Grow Rich) and would be a great help to authors. It’s defined as a group that will help people solve problems by pooling the intelligence of other people. Basically, a group of people will meet on a regular basis … [Read more...] about How to Start and Run a Mastermind Group for Writers
Novelicious Chats To…Helen Giltrow
This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.Helen Giltrow is a former bookseller and editor whose writing has been shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award and the Daily Telegraph’s Novel in a Year competition. Her debut novel, The Distance, is a … [Read more...] about Novelicious Chats To…Helen Giltrow