by lauralizbuckley | 5 Aug, 2020 | Writing
How can you get writing done when you’re really not feeling it? If you want to write every day, being able to push through resistance is going to be an important skill. Some of these techniques are going to be useful for other things than writing, some are more...
by lauralizbuckley | 28 Jul, 2020 | Writing
There comes a time in every author’s life (probably) where they have to learn how to cut down on exposition. Exposition, or the narration of background information, is sometimes essential in storytelling. How else are you supposed to explain your character’s...
by lauralizbuckley | 14 Jul, 2020 | Writing
The terms active and passive voice get chucked around a fair bit. But what’s actually the difference between them? And does it matter which one you’re using? In today’s blog post we’re going to go through what we mean by the active and passive voice. We’re also going...
by lauralizbuckley | 7 Jul, 2020 | Writing
“What does your character want?” Have you ever come up against that question and felt stumped? I have. I can have a good sense of a character, and their story, and still find it hard to articulate what it is that they ‘want’. Do your characters need to have clearly...
by lauralizbuckley | 16 Jun, 2020 | Writing
It’s pretty broadly accepted that reading makes you a better writer. It’s why I made reading more one of my writerly New Year’s Resolutions! But how do you actually go about reading to get the most benefit out of it? Sure, you can just read a load of stuff and wait...
by lauralizbuckley | 9 Jun, 2020 | Writing
Most writers have to get reasonably comfortable with it, but how many write honestly great dialogue? The question of how to polish speech in your writing is one that plagues a lot of writers, but stress no longer! I’ve got some handy, straightforward tips for you to...
