Essays

Bending the writing rules can help you deliver the tone and essence of your writing to your readers.

A look at spontaneity and a consideration of its benefits for creativity

Some tips on how to help you print your writing at home.

Ellipses are often seen as difficult, but the rules of how to use them are fairly simple. This is a grammar guide to using an ellipsis.

A look at the origins of two famous rules of writing and why they might not be all they seem.

A consideration of using biographical works as a way of broadening your fictional outlook while helping understand where the pitfalls lie.

Is the amount of time you spend building a social media following stopping your from writing your book.

This essay examines the value of stock advice to writers.

A look at why you shouldn't read the reviews of your own work.

This essay looks at the contrast between the endings in films and those in novels and short stories.