Category: Writing
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40+ free horror stories by Australian women
40 free horror short stories by Australia’s top female horror authors for Women in Horror Month.
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How to face the fear and write your first novel
Writing your first novel can seem terrifying when you start. But you can do it! Here’s how.
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Why every writer needs a dump book
Ideas are messy. Drafts are messy. Life is messy. Which is why you need a dump book, the unhinged cousin of bullet journaling.
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I didn’t publish anything new in 2019. I’m still a writer.
Nothing. Nada. Zip. I’m an author who didn’t publish a single new short story or novel this year. Not even a piece of flash fiction. If you’re reading this, chances are you’re in the same boat, wondering when anyone will notice that you are, in fact, a fraud.
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How to edit a novel and save your sanity as a writer
So you’ve written a novel, and now you want to do what? Edit it? Delete words you spent hours carefully piecing together to form a narrative. Why would you want to do that? 😬
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How to write a noir insult
How do you write dialogue that punches hard and entertains the reader? Well, it’s not as hard as you think – it only takes a little lateral thinking to write a great noir insult.