Here are seven handy techniques with which to enrich your writing. Used sparingly, they can be very effective at bringing a piece to life.
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Writer Resource
A Practical Guide to Write On
I’ve provided this (a) as an example of how a manual should be set out and (b) in case you just happen to have a working Atari with this software on it!
Read MoreReview: The Writer's Journey
Where do authors’ ideas come from? Even Stephen King finds that a difficult question to answer. One possible answer might be ‘Everything they see on their travels’, because as Roland Barthes once suggested, writers are never truly on holiday…
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Foreword, Preface or Introduction? (Updated)
I was faced with a conundrum: should I write a Preface to the 3rd Edition, a Foreword to the 3rd Edition, or just stuff it all into the Introduction and be done with it?
Read MoreReview: Writing Tools, by Roy Peter Clark
Roy Peter Clark describes and analyses fifty five strategies for writers.
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Filing my writing ideas
Where to store your writing ideas
Author Anne Tyler has a good solution to the question of how to store your writing ideas.
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Book Review: The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Victorian Age
This book not only contains a huge sampling of both prose and poetry, but places them into an historical context.
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Prize draw for Dreyer's English coming soon
Dreyer’s English is a great, irreverent, guide to English grammar and usage. It’s ideal for writers, and I’ll be running a prize draw for subscribers to Terry Freedman’s Books Bulletin.
Read MoreGetting the most out of conferences -- 50% off for one week only
UPDATED! This book, which has received 19 five star reviews on Amazon, is available for just 49 pence for one week only. Read on to find out how to obtain the discount.
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Query letters that worked
Book review: Query letters that worked
This is an interesting book whose title under-promises and over-delivers.
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Foreword, Preface or Introduction?
Do you know the difference between a Foreword, a Preface and an Introduction? I didn't either until I found an excellent article on the web.
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