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Discussion, advice, and tips on writing! These will be a mix of Trudie’s writing process and guides which may be helpful for other writers.
The first line of your book is the most important. Or is it? I’ve come across the piece of advice many times in writing classes…
Writing is scary. When I first started writing I spent a lot of time world building, outlining, or making pretty character aesthetics – anything but…
This is going to sound like I’m starting an argument; which are better, books or video games? Instead, I want to explore the similarities and…
When you think of writing communities you might think of a local writing group meeting up at a coffee shop or an online forum. But…
There’s a lot of writing advice out there. Literally everyone has rules and opinions on how to start writing, how to keep writing, how to…
You probably think writer’s block is the biggest hurdle writer’s face. Maybe even the stress of editing and querying? WRONG! It’s your cat. And you…
Anyone can be a writer. Anyone can publish a book. I’m not saying it’s easy, because as hobbies go, you’d suffer less heartache by stamp…
I know we’re out of NaNoWriMo season at the moment, with Camp NaNo coming up in April (and again in July), but there’s no time…
Here are some writing tools and resources I’ve personally found useful and wish to share, along with documents that I created for my own use…
One of the best things about being a writer is how much support there is out there on the internet. Whether you’re new to writing,…
You don’t need to write every day. But isn’t that what everyone says? Professional writers and authors write every day, right? Look at any article…
I’ve written quite a few drafts of my book. It has suffered numerous changes; the first draft didn’t have magic or mysterious shadow creatures, the…