Column (Well, kinda' column...) Due to a variety of reasons (most of those boiling down to me being stupid) I had (and still have!) to r...

Writing  + Reference Even if you're not interested in Wattpad, then the following links still provide some interesting reading, especial...

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Writing  +  Reference If your work uses any em-dashes (—) or ellipses (...) you may have considered the following conundrum: should you encl...

Writing  +  Reference The following is a completely dishonest, biased, male-viewpoint, misogynistic, unfair and unhinged :-) approach to wri...

Writing  +  Reference I know nothing! Indeed I don't! You are absolutely right! So, here's a collection of links that are way better...

Writing  +  Reference This post is pretty much a rehash, but I just can't stress it enough: formatting, punctuation and spelling are mor...

Writing  +  Reference On a computer, you typically use 'straight quotes', whilst in (real) books you mostly find 'curly quotes...

Writing  +  Reference Every writer has a different approach to writing and editing. Every successful writer is probably going to tell you ed...

Writing  +  Reference You've finished your novel, and now comes the dreaded part... the editing. Here are some of the things to look out...

Writing  +  Reference Many beginning writers understand the concept of present and past tense, but fail to properly apply it. They 'mix...

Writing  +  Reference There are no stupid questions. Only lazy authors 😎 The same questions show up time and time again, on Discord and in ...

Writing  +  Reference (This is a follow up to  Book And Chapter Sizes ) Do you need chapters, and is chapter size related to reading speed? ...

Writing  +  Reference Plotters plot, pantsers invent on the spot. I'm a bit in between. Yes, I plot a bit, but I also make up things as ...

Writing  +  Reference Solve prompts for short stories, work out mini-plots for your chapters, avoid (stupid) mistakes, and expand your chapt...

Writing  +  Reference Vivien Reis suggests to remove 29-ish words from your novel (if possible, of course 😁). Blindly  stripping them out i...

Writing  +  Reference The optimal chapter size is driven by your audience and publication platform. The size of the book is just all those c...

Column  +  Writing  +  Reference  + Mindmap Writing is hard. It's very hard. People have no clue how hard it actually is. Even writers t...

Writing  +  Reference Every writer has their own preference. For example, I prefer to write with empty lines instead of indents. (There are ...

Writing  +  Reference A non-native English speaker runs into problems that may not be that obvious to a native speaker. To a native speaker,...