Liz Hudson
Ten perfect Christmas gifts for writers
So your Significant Other likes to write? And you think that might be a rich seam to mine for Christmas gift ideas? Well, you'd be...
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Stacy Curry
Dec 15, 20213 min read
Writing Christmas: The tropes we love and love to hate
We all love a little bit of a festive theme, right? Whether that’s in the form of film, television, books or something else, everyone has...
Writing Voices
Dec 9, 20213 min read
Welcome to Writing Voices!
You might have noticed that things look a little bit different around here. Well, that things look very different around here. This week...
Writing Voices
Dec 3, 20214 min read
A few poets worth reading
We all have comfort blankets or objects, right? Well this week, it became obvious that the Scribble has comfort poets! Ranging from the...
Writing Voices
Nov 26, 20215 min read
Three great poems and why we love them
It's no secret that we're big fans of poetry on this blog. We write it, we read it, we buy it. we all agree that poetry is bloody fantastic.
Writing Voices
Nov 18, 20215 min read
Pantsing vs Plotting: Which is ‘The Way’?
The official battle line of the writing community: pantsers vs plotters. Which is 'The Way'?
Writing Voices
Nov 11, 20214 min read
Four essential rituals for writers
We put our brains together and assembled four fundamental rituals for writers and some tips on how you can tailor them to suit you.
Writing Voices
Nov 4, 20215 min read
If you could recommend one book that helped make you a better writer, what would it be and why?
This week, we've been racking our brains to choose just one book that helped make each of us a better writer.
Writing Voices
Oct 28, 20214 min read
What fictional pet would you like to adopt and why?
Has your brain gone straight to dragons and griffins? Well, you might be surprised by what the Scribble chose to bring home from the pound.
Writing Voices
Oct 21, 20213 min read
If you wrote a self-help book for writers, what would you call it and why?
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.
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 7, 20216 min read
If you could read any book again for the first time, which would it be and why?
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...
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
Sep 9, 20214 min read
What is your biggest insecurity as a writer?
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.
Writing Voices
Sep 2, 20216 min read
Pick four images that inspire creativity and explain why you chose them.
We asked the scribble to pick out four images which appealed and explain how they might use those images to inspire their creative process.
Writing Voices
Aug 26, 20219 min read
What are the best and worst literary adaptations to television or film?
One thing guaranteed to send a bookworm into either spasms of delight or furious apoplexy is a literary adaptation done well, or done badly.
Writing Voices
Aug 19, 20216 min read
What's your dream literary dinner party? Attendees, foods and location.
You are the literary dinner party host extraordinaire... You can invite anyone you like from literature, living or dead, fictional or real.
Writing Voices
Aug 12, 20214 min read
Would you rather be a critically-acclaimed one hit wonder or well published yet relatively unknown?
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...
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