• How much information is too much?

    Updated: 2024-06-27 11:34:57
    Much of what we write often sails way over our readers’ heads. The problem is that we take our own knowledge for granted and assume that everyone else knows it too. As I explained recently, we all know more than we think. Even if you’re new to a topic yourself, it’s still surprisingly easy to […]

  • Writing Tips: Kill Your Darlings

    Updated: 2024-06-27 08:00:07
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  • Writing Resources: A Poetry Handbook

    Updated: 2024-06-25 08:00:38
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  • The old editor’s trick that gets you reading

    Updated: 2024-06-20 16:20:30
    The headline almost leapt out of my screen. It was June 2020. Every day was bringing another batch of harrowing news stories. Yet this one, on the website of The Mirror, still stood out:   ‘Tragic coronavirus death toll rises by lowest number in seven weeks.’  Whoever had written it may never have been near […]

  • 12 Nature-Inspired Creative Writing Prompts

    Updated: 2024-06-20 08:00:39
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  • Poetry Writing Exercises to Engage the Senses

    Updated: 2024-06-18 08:00:13
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  • Why you know more than you think

    Updated: 2024-06-13 16:32:25
    One of the biggest killers of great ideas (and even greater careers) has to be imposter syndrome. I’ve met countless professionals who were held back by a lack of confidence in their own knowledge and expertise. It’s almost always unjustified and it always breaks my heart.   Nowhere to hide Every year, my colleagues see […]

  • Tips for Developing Story Writing Ideas

    Updated: 2024-06-13 08:00:34
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  • Reading, Writing, and Reviewing Good Poems

    Updated: 2024-06-11 08:00:59
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  • This fake news trick can be a force for good

    Updated: 2024-06-10 08:46:06
    I’ve got a quick question for you. How many people live in the Australian capital of Sydney? Is it two million? Five million? Seven million? The answer, of course, is none of those. Canberra is the capital of Australia, not Sydney. Well done if you spotted the mistake. But if you didn’t, you won’t be […]

  • Consuming Art to Fuel Your Writing

    Updated: 2024-06-06 08:00:07
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  • How to Improve Your Writing

    Updated: 2024-06-04 08:00:10
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