Monthly Archives: April 2009

In the last two blog posts we’ve looked at tips 1-8, so logically let us now conclude with tips 9-12.  Then I can get back to writing any old guff about wasps or whatever on here, instead of trying to seem all clever an’ that. 9.  Experience beats research The internet is great.  In fact, I can honestly say that I would seriously struggle to readjust to a world without the internet.  I’d probably go quite, quite mad with grief, …

In the last post, we looked at four tips that could help you on your way to writing professionally.  I should have mentioned at the beginning that when I saw “writing professionally” I mean becoming a published writer of fiction.  A lot of the tips will apply to other forms of writing – articles, non-fiction, screenplays, etc – but wannabe novelists are who the article is really aimed at. Anyway, here are tips 5-8. 5.  Comfortable is not always good …

During a recent school visit, I was asked what you need to do to become a writer. Because we were about to run out of time, the only advice I was able to give was “practice”. But of course there’s more to becoming a professional writer than just writing a lot. I may not have had time to go into detail during the school visit, but I can afford to expand a bit more now that the threat of the …