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“Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.” Samuel Johnson As Michael Crichton said, “Books aren’t written, they’re rewritten.” Here are 15 tips to help you revise your work. 1. Don’t attempt any serious revision until you’ve finished telling your story You may...
Continue Reading »I think we’ve arrived at the point where we need a better system for deciding whose turn it is to read… I try to be fair and consider everybody’s needs, but I know how disappointing it is if you come hoping to read and don’t get a chance (Sofia and Sarah B, you’re first...
Continue Reading »My top 10 tips for overcoming writer’s block… 1. Make time and space for writing. You can’t write if you aren’t physically sitting down with pen and paper, or at a computer. (OK, so you could dictate more or less anywhere, and most mobile phones now have voice recording. If this works for you,...
Continue Reading »For those that weren’t at last night’s meeting, we’ve been asked to join in the celebrations for the Prince of Wales’ 150th anniversary. Everyone at the pub has been really supportive of the group from the very start, and it would be nice to show off the talent and the range of different styles...
Continue Reading »The theme is Games…. any suggestions for appropriate poems?
Continue Reading »Change to the topics for October as advertised in the newsletter: 4th Metaphor 11th Endings 18th Point of view 25th Finding your voice
Continue Reading »LitFest was covered in this week’s Birmingham Mail: Moseley Literary Festival for hopeful authors We may be in this week’s Post too…
Continue Reading »A one-time member of The Fall will be performing at LitFest 2011. Since his adventures playing guitar with Mark E Smith’s merry men, Stuart Estell has played concertina for folk band The Village Wakes, and written his first novel: Verruca Music tells the story of a man battling depression by listening to music and...
Continue Reading »We’ve all got them… those words and phrases that drip intermittently but excessively into our writing. (For me, it’s a constant battle to write an action scene without using the word “stagger”.) Now you can catch your tics with this handy word frequency counter: WriteWords Phrase Frequency Counter Thanks to Katharine for the link!
Continue Reading »Any suggestions? I think we’ve talked about: Describing characters Submitting to publishers/ agents How not to do it Dan Brown- why? Managing readers’ sympathies Synopses and blurbs
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