Essays

A week-by-week guide through National Novel Writing Month. This essay covers the second week of November.

There are great benefits to writing short stories for all kinds of writers, including novelists.

How should you go about supporting someone on their quest to become a better writer?

A week-by-week guide through National Novel Writing Month. This essay covers the first week of November.

The six main aspects of comedy within Shakespearean plays and how they can be used by modern writers.

Writers should avoid telling readers that something is about to happen, and just let it happen.

A week-by-week guide through National Novel Writing Month. This essay covers the week before November in the lead up to NaNoWriMo.

A guide of what to do if someone steals your writing.

Six reasons why you should read your writing out loud during the editing process.

An examination of the history, form and use of Erasure Poetry, a type of found poetry.