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A big part of what makes books such vivid, cinematic experiences is the way the author moves from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph, and chapter to chapter. From choice of words to the sequencing of events, the arrangement of a manuscript is what makes it flow from one beat to the next. Sometimes that […]

Writing is hard. So much hard work goes into getting words down onto the page that the thought of erasing them, any of them, can feel like sacrilege. Especially when you’re desperately trying to hit a certain target, like a word count or the end of a novel, any action that moves you further away

If you’ve ever managed to stick with a long-form piece of writing for a while, you’ve likely found that who you were at the beginning is quite different from who you are now. By the time you’re even halfway through, the version of you who thought Julian Ayriss was a cool name for your self-insert

Our prayers have been answered: it’s finally over. As fireworks illuminated the night sky, we said farewell to what was for many of us simply the latest in a line of challenging years. However much stock you place in the turn of the calendar, a new year is as good an opportunity for a fresh

Welcome, friends, to the accoutrement for this week’s Writer’s Connect, issue 72. The theme of this edition was time, or a perceived lack thereof. To many of us, the mere suggestion that we have time to do more than we’re already doing is borderline offensive. We are perpetually overburdened to the point of nigh on

Several days removed from Writer’s Connect newsletter 71, I hope you’ve been ruminating on this issue’s scandalous top tip. This week, you were not only permitted but encouraged to look over at the smart kid’s exam paper and ‘take some notes’. While this might sound like terribly irresponsible advice, consider this: that little shill has been

This week saw the release of Writer’s Connect newsletter 70, which cautioned our lovely readers against making an ass (out of) u (and) me. You might think you know how to string a sentence together … but it’s been [a flattering number of years] since primary school, and that’s [frankly, more than enough time] to forget a

Earlier this week, Writer’s Connect newsletter 69 was lovingly signed, sealed, and delivered direct to your inbox. Today’s post dives a little deeper into this issue’s top tip, which was to steer clear of ‘the boring bits’ in your work. But what exactly are they, and how do you know if they’re slowly metastasising in