Authenticity Essays

An exploration of how to make your writing more convincing in areas you're uncertain about.

An examination of why main characters should not be writers.

Inject life into your prose by abandoning standard English.

How to avoid the popularity of realism leading you into an anxious state of writing only 'what you know'.

Sometimes insecurities in life can bleed into one's work, but sometimes those insecurities are justified.

Consider where you're pitching your work before you start to write.

An essay looking at the benefits of keeping old pieces of writing, and why you shouldn't delete past work in a knee-jerk reaction.

On the technique of characters quoting text within dialogue, either fictional or from real life.

An examination of whether writing that is too personal can have literary merit, or whether too much truth can compromise writing.

A look at why sometimes writers need to embrace negative feedback and bad reviews.