If you ask a lot of writers what their biggest challenges are, most would say it is finding the time to write. Ironic, isn’t it? How could you be a writer and not have the time to write? It’s like being a dancer and not having the time to dance or being a cook and...
How to build your own fictional world Read the first part of this article. Remember that this is your world. Take some time to delve into it and decide how similar or completely different to the ‘real’ world it should be. Fictional worlds have been set in completely different times or spaces. These worlds typically contain...
Wordbuilding in literature involves designing the perfect fictional setting of your story. This process is so important to you as a writer because, as the container that houses the story, your setting (the world you have built) deeply affects character psyche, plot, tone, atmosphere and even the major themes. Worldbuilding lays the foundation for your...
You never thought it possible, but you’ve finished your children’s story manuscript. You worked hard to create layered, believable characters, and the plot has an actual beginning, middle and end. Tonight, you plan to celebrate, then give your manuscript a quick run-through for spelling and punctuation errors. Tomorrow, you’ll send it off to a carefully...
Writing a book can be associated with different experiences or emotions. But for the sake of this article, it will be classified into two. It can either be easy and enjoyable, or tedious. And that will depend on the writer. But the end result of the effort – regardless of the experience – is that...
The use of vivid language is one of the main qualities of good writing. Good writing follows a flow. Good writing is focused. Good writing is written for a purpose. Good writing is grammatically correct and readable. However, it is vivid description that connects good writing to the readers. Vivid language appeals to the readers’...
Improving your vocabulary is one way you can become a better writer; however, trying to learn new words can be quite stressful, even though it doesn’t have to be. This is why we have decided to share tips on stress-free ways to improve your vocabulary in order to become a better writer. Have a Voracious...
Trying to write a short story is the perfect place to begin your writing career. Why? Because it reveals many of the obstacles, dilemmas, and questions you’ll face when creating fiction of any length. If you find these things knotty in a short story, imagine how profound they would be in a book-length tale. Most...
Self-doubt is both positive and negative, depending on your response. It could be motivating or deleterious to one’s ability. But most times, the tendency to it being negative is high. Therefore, anyone aspiring to success or relevance in a discipline or profession must be deliberate in the effort to cripple the coated demon. Similarly, the...
Writing is amazing. That feeling of being able to create and bring to life characters, places, even worlds that only existed in your mind’s eye is heady. It can be intoxicating, and for some writers, it can also be frustrating as they struggle to string together the exact set of words that perfectly describe a...
