#WednesdayWritingTips

Rejection. The R-word. There are many reasons for rejection and not all of them have to do with your actual writing. And sometimes there are things you can do about
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This week's #WednesdayWritingTips is a response to something I read the other day. A frustrated writer said, 'It was hard before Covid-19, now it's going to be impossible. Why bother?'Here's
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This week's #WednesdayWritingTips are about encouragement during the editing process. A few weeks ago, I read a new writer's #picturebook which was fairly good and a lovely idea. But it
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Today's #WednesdayWritingTips are about listening to your inner editor! We were talking about this last night on my Advanced Picture Books Writing course. 1) Sometimes when writing, there's a nagging
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This week's #WednesdayWritingTips are about standing out from the slushpile. No-one knows what will happen in the industry as a result of Covid-19, but if purse-strings get tighter, things may
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Today's #WednesdayWritingTips are, rather specifically, all about supporting characters in #picturebooks. If you're thinking of entering the #PictureBookPrize, please take a look. Main characters are often discussed in Picture Book
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This week's #WednesdayWritingTips are all about reading your work aloud and discovering what it shows you. 1) Sentence lengthIf you find yourself having to take a breath or running out
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This week's #WednesdayWritingTips is all about chapter books! Hope you find it helpful. Chapter books are for around 5-8/9 year olds, with a word count of between 5,000-15,000 ish, depending
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This week's #WednesdayWritingTips are about editing, as requested!You've done draft one. You're staring at the manuscript. What on earth do you do now? Everyone's methods of editing are different, and
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With a flurry of exciting competitions around, today's #WednesdayWritingTips are about:When On Earth Do I Click 'Send'? It's probably fair to say that a lot of the time, writers don't
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This week's #WednesdayWritingTips are about SURVIVAL.When everyone has good news, and you don't...When you start to consider chucking it in...How do you survive the low before the next high? 1)
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This week's #WednesdayWritingTips are about being an effective writer and are brought to you by the letter D. Because today I like the letter D. 1) DeterminationIf you want to
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