Absolutely. Yes. I don’t think there’s any doubt about this. At least, there isn’t in my mind. Whenever somebody tells me: “Hey, I want...

I sit at the bus stop, waiting a banana and a coffee in my stomach not enough energy for a day at work. a school kid sits beside me his...

When I first started writing poetry, I had no idea what I was doing (I still don’t, but don’t tell the editors that). In the same way...

There’s a woman in the hallway A tear held back by blinking She’s writing in her notebook To stop herself from thinking She writes of...

We may have had a tad too much fun on this one. This week the scribble were tasked to come up with the ultimate self-help book for writers.

Just like athletes, us scribblers have to keep our writing muscles warm and our creative energy flowing, if we are to perform at our peak!

Have you ever felt sheer envy when someone you know announces they have never read your favourite book? We know that feeling all too well...

You know an author has cracked it when you finish a book and miss the characters. So what's the key to creating compelling characters?

It's important to have laws to live by in all aspects of your life! This week, we're spilling the ink on our golden rules of writing...

Poetry is subjective, and a little untameable. Nevertheless, we asked the scribble for any tips they might have for you.

Writers tend to share a lot of the same worries and fears, so we decided to show some solidarity with our readers and share some of ours.

One thing guaranteed to send a bookworm into either spasms of delight or furious apoplexy is a literary adaptation done well, or done badly.

You are the literary dinner party host extraordinaire... You can invite anyone you like from literature, living or dead, fictional or real.

We're all guilty of mentally jumping the gun a bit and imaging what life will be like when we can finally quit our day jobs - when the...

You've written something and now you need a second opinion. Receiving critical feedback can be difficult and knowing how to accept and...

As writers, we tend to spend a lot of time focused on the job in hand or building and exploring internal, alternative worlds. Work life...

If you’ve ever caught yourself screeching at a book, perhaps holding it at arms length and reading with one eye in utter frustration...

If you're going to be a writer then there's one thing you can't avoid - getting started! And sometimes that can be the trickiest part.

Great writers are great readers. Chances are, if you're a writer, it's because at some point along the road, you fell in love with a book.

what better for a writer than a writing retreat? We asked the scribble if they'd ever been on a retreat and what they got out of it.