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Tip #4: Expand Your Writing Horizons

by Pamela Cook | Mar 7, 2011 | Writing Tips, Advice and Information

When you first start writing – or even when you’ve been writing for a while – it’s easy to get stuck in a genre rut. If you have always written poetry you may tend to stick with what you know and write only poems. Don’t get me wrong...

Tip #3: Go for Quantity Rather Than Quality

by Pamela Cook | Mar 1, 2011 | Writing Tips, Advice and Information

At least to begin with. Set a timer, start writing and write without looking back, censoring or editing. Why? To keep the flow of your thoughts, access deeper parts of your subconscious and to prevent the nagging of that internal editor. Writing in a continuous stream...

Tip #2: The Writing is Your Responsibility

by Pamela Cook | Mar 1, 2011 | Writing Tips, Advice and Information

One of my favourite quotes on writing is from Natalie Goldberg: There is no excuse. If you want to write, write. This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don’t wait. Make the time now, even if it is ten minutes a week. Those words sum...
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