When I was coming up to graduating from my BA in Creative Writing, I received no guidance from the uni or anyone else about what to do next. Frankly, no one knew what to do with me. I was only cut out for sitting in a darkened room with a typewriter on my own with no money for the rest of my life…right?
Wrong.
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Having a web presence is essential for all writers in the twenty-first century.
Whether you write fiction, poetry, scripts, nonfiction or all of the above, social media can help to boost your audience.
Even if you haven’t finished your work in progress yet, there’s no excuse for not starting to build your profile now. The sooner you start, the bigger your audience will be by the time your work is ready.
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For a story to work, we need to create characters our readers will connect with. We wanted Harry...
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I can’t remember when I first heard about ProWritingAid. It’s one of those tools that...
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Your book cover is the most important selling tool that your book has. It’s therefore...
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It’s been eighteen months since I started blogging weekly. Since then, The Writer’s Cookbook...
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How did you get into writing? When I was very young, before I could read and write, my older...
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‘Write what you know,’ said my English teacher. I was ten, and I’d just swum with dolphins, so...
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Contrary to popular belief, self-publishing isn’t new. Authors and poets have been doing it for...
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Alexa Whitewolf is the author of the Avalon Chronicles,...
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