Writers Blog

It’s an exciting time when you decide to write a novel. The creative juices are flowing and you’re ready to get started. But jumping headfirst into writing isn’t always the best approach. You don’t need to over plot and overplan everything, but having some idea of where you’re going will definitely help...

The Red Badge of Courage (published 1895) by Stephen Crane is an American Civil War novel, recognised as one of the best novels ever written about war and famous for its realistic battle sequences. Even Hemmingway said that Crane was a great inspiration for him. Yet Crane was born after the American...

Writers often experience a sense of euphoria when their manuscript is finally published. The endless revisions and editing of your book are over, any last adjustments to the storyline are complete, characters all play their assigned roles seamlessly and are put to bed, and all the toil and stress are...

The Editing Process The editing process is made up of a number of steps to bring your writing from first thought to final publication. These steps depend on the genre of writing and the preferred style guide you’ll be using. A fiction novel is edited differently than poetry and academic writing, and...

Whether you write nonfiction novels, white papers for peer review, or grant proposals, at some point in your writing career, you’re going to need to quote someone else’s work. Even a blog on cooking might have references to someone else’s recipe. Claiming something as your original idea when it’s actually...