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Writing Voices
Oct 14, 20215 min read
Are there any writing exercises you do to warm up or improve your craft?
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!
Writing Voices
Oct 1, 20215 min read
What is the key to creating compelling characters?
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?
Writing Voices
Sep 23, 20216 min read
What are your golden rules of writing?
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...
Writing Voices
Sep 16, 20214 min read
Have you got any tips for writing poetry?
Poetry is subjective, and a little untameable. Nevertheless, we asked the scribble for any tips they might have for you.
Writing Voices
Aug 5, 20217 min read
How do you get the most from critical feedback and editorial notes?
You've written something and now you need a second opinion. Receiving critical feedback can be difficult and knowing how to accept and...
Writing Voices
Jul 15, 20215 min read
How do you get started with a new story?
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.
Writing Voices
Jun 3, 20216 min read
Should you be writing for yourself or for your readers?
How much should you be thinking about the reader, or end user, during the development of a piece of writing?
Writing Voices
May 20, 20216 min read
Do you believe in writer’s block and how do you tackle it?
This week, the Write Yorkshire scribble talk to us about their views on writer’s block and offer some practical advice on how to tackle it.
Writing Voices
May 6, 20214 min read
Do you find it difficult to accept critical feedback or editorial changes?
Occasionally, we ask a question and get a unanimous answer... The Write Yorkshire scribble have some good advice this week on bracing...
Writing Voices
Apr 29, 20215 min read
What is your biggest writing crime or bad habit?
We've all got 'em. It's easy to think that we're alone in committing writing crimes, and that's probably because most of the work we read...
Writing Voices
Apr 8, 20215 min read
Tips for becoming more open and honest in your writing
The Write Yorkshire Scribble spill the beans on how to spill the beans. This week we're answering one of your questions - how to become...
Writing Voices
Apr 1, 20214 min read
If you could give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be?
Whether you discovered your passion for the written word a little bit later in life or you were a child-dreamer, scribbling stories on...
Writing Voices
Mar 11, 20217 min read
How do you know when a story is finished?
As it turns out, this might be a bit of a subtle science. The scuttlebutt around the Write Yorkshire watercooler is that knowing when a...
Writing Voices
Feb 25, 20216 min read
Do you have a muse?
They stand both in the shadows behind the writing desk and shine from the page. The muses.
Writing Voices
Feb 18, 20216 min read
Where do your ideas come from?
Ideas are the kindling which ignite and fuel all stories - without ideas, writers are just people with pens and bits of blank paper. We...
Writing Voices
Feb 11, 20214 min read
How do you get started when you can’t get started?
The blank page. Sometimes it's the best sight in the world, brimming with possibility. And then there are those days when it becomes your...
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