Writing tips for new authors

Using a social media group, and a thread I started in October 2013 which got over 200 replies (Yes, over 200 replies – which shows the value of Social Media!) …  here is their advice …  ‘What’s your ONE writing tip for would-be authors?’, I asked them.   They said: Their TOP SIX suggestions for you: Writing is HARD WORK … so be prepared…but PERSEVERE (no author ever regrets publishing a book) REWRITE and EDIT your...

Read More

Writing tips and techniques – Authors’ advice

Starting out Appreciate beforehand that writing isn’t easy.  Be ready to make mistakes – you will probably have to come back and edit it later Write without editing along the way – and don’t worry about completing sections before you move on. Writing Write in short sentences and paragraphs Back up your ideas with research, examples, statistics, quotations etc., but don’t overwhelm your readers Take regular breaks, and get out of your chair to...

Read More

Writing longer documents – 5 tips

Don’t be afraid of writing longer documents like books… in many ways they are just a series of short, well-written documents. Read my 15 tips, summarised under these headings: You CAN do it Be sure to plan and structure your work Make the  writing process easy – and enjoyable! Ensure as much of your writing as possible is GOOD Running out of stamina?  Let’s finish the job.    You can do it…  1)        Use a theme, eg...

Read More

Writing tips and techniques

As a freelance writer, let me give you some useful writing advice, drawing on my years’ of experience… Computers have made it too tempting and too easy to jump on a keyboard and start typing. They even encourage us – after just a few minutes there are lots of words on the screen and we feel we are making progress. But are you? And is that the best way to start your writing? ‘Fail to plan and plan to fail’ is a famous proverb used by...

Read More

Writing web content & SEO – ‘How readers differ’

Tips and Techniques for writing web content and writing SEO text, and how it differs from writing for print… below I share some ideas, spelt out as the Six C’s: I have also written other web writing blogs on these topics: how to write a good homepage, web writing secrets 10 top tips of good web content – based on several years’ reviewing where websites go Right … and Wrong. 1. Curiosity Web users are driven by...

Read More