Some writers complain that although they want to write, they just don’t know what to write about. In another life (as a classroom teacher) I constantly heard this complaint. I rarely have this problem. In fact, I usually have far too many things to write about. My problem is choosing which one to write about [...]

Writing while you sleep? Now – there’s a thought! Wouldn’t it be ‘luvverly’ if you woke up each morning and the writing pixies had been busy all night on your keyboard? Sure to be nothing but fairy tales though. Say – there’s another story idea – WHAT IF you wrote a story about pixies writing [...]

The germ of an idea To write a story or novel the writer needs an idea. Several actually. In fact, a writer probably needs a heap of ideas to finish a novel. I find that there is usually one spark of an idea that will get me writing. It might be something I’ve seen on [...]