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One thing we’re not short of in 2020 is dedicated writing software. From heavyweights like Scrivener and ProWritingAid to more focused tools like Sigil (which allows you to work directly into .EPUB format) and WriteItNow (which comes loaded with author-oriented features such as character design tools), today’s author is spoiled for choice in terms of where they write and/or edit their work. In …
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Yes, it’s the writing advice every author gives and almost no-one actually follows. After all, modern life is busy, and who has the time to literally dedicate part of every day to writing? But wait! The reason that ‘write every day’ gets trumpeted so often is because it’s an effective way to write that isn’t actually as hard as it sounds. That’s why, in this article, I’ll be telling you exactly …
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The first draft of your book is where the ‘writing’ really begins. You can spend years imagining a story – planning out the setting, building up the world, marinating in the minds of your characters – but until there are words on a page, it’s all theoretical. This is why authors, editors, and agents alike give budding writers the same advice; start writing. None of the rest of it matters until you …
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Ask most authors for their advice on storytelling and, sooner or later, they’re likely to get to the subject of conflict. To many writers, conflict is the basic unit of story – the thing that turns a series of events into an actual narrative – often more important than setting, characters, and even narrative cohesion. After all, you can lose all of those features and still write something that …
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MasterClass offers perhaps unprecedented access to world experts on everything from coffee-brewing to creative writing. After you’ve poured yourself a cup of the former, join me for a sneak preview of the latter as we dip into David Sedaris’ MasterClass to see if you develop a taste for more. Fireside chats with David Sedaris Sedaris’ course ‘Storytelling and Humor’ is unsurprisingly …
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Ian McEwan published his first novel in the late 1970s, but it wasn’t until the late eighties that he began to sneak into the spotlight, with his 1987 novel The Child in Time winning a Whitbread Award and his 1998 novel Amsterdam winning the Man Booker. Then, in 2001, he blew everyone’s minds with Atonement, his most widely known and successful novel. A remarkably prolific writer despite his …
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