Don’t use Word

If you're writing a letter to your aunt, sure, use Word. If your employer or school insists you work with Word, then you'd probably…

The cover, title & blurb

The cover.

The title.

How to structure your project

A book is a big. Really big. So big that it becomes intimidating and unwieldy. If all you have in front of…

The write/life balance

Writing consistently is critical to being reliably productive. I used to have intensive bursts of creativity that would…

Those unfinished novels

Writers write. That’s what we do, all through our lives, to a greater or lesser degree. Writing isn’t the problem…

Spreading the word

This advice applies primarily to Wattpad as a publishing platform, though many of the points below are relevant to any arena.

Discovering Wattpad

According to my profile, I joined Wattpad in August 2013. It’s best described as YouTube for words — with all the positive…

Proofing & publishing

The moment has come. You’ve written a chapter! Possibly several chapters, if you’re building up a buffer. It’s all very…

Word counts, themes & plot details

Now that you’ve got your story idea broken down into a handful of loosely defined arcs you should…