Jandy Nelson’s YA contemporary novel I’ll Give You The Sun looks at love, loss, and how we cope with death. I have read a few contemporary’s over the years but this one, in particular, captured Read more…
You’re sitting there, staring at the screen. It’s endlessly white, the starkness of it scorching your eyes as they glaze over, unblinking and empty. There’s just that one black blinking line mocking you. You can’t Read more…
A novel playlist is the perfect writing resource to help inspire you while you’re writing. A quick search on Tumblr, YouTube or Spotify and you’ll find hundreds of playlists on offer in a wide variety. Read more…
The best books all have one thing in common – realistic and complex characters. They feel lifelike and tangible. They have a kind of depth that can be so convincing, that long after the book Read more…
When it comes to writing, everyone has their own style and method. The combinations are limitless and it’s impossible to list them all. So instead, we’ve come up with 7 types of writers! There’s also Read more…
The English language can be described in any number of ways: incredibly frustrating, full of strange words and contradictions, beautiful and poetic, rhythmic, and just plain weird. However you describe it, it certainly seems never-ending. Read more…
Watching scary movies, reading something creepy, or playing spooky video games gets you in the perfect mood to write something spine-tingling and chilling this Halloween. So, I’ve assembled a (small) collection of movies, TV shows, Read more…
NaNoWriMo, if you haven’t heard of it, stands for National Novel Writing Month. Although, over the years the month-long challenge has become somewhat of an international source of inspiration for writers across the globe. So Read more…
Upon finishing The Alchemist a few weeks ago I was left with a sense of fortitude. At its heart, The Alchemist is a book about working relentlessly to achieve your dreams despite whatever barriers might Read more…
It’s Friday 13th October, so, in favour of all things creepy and supernatural, we thought we’d help you get into the ghostly mood with 13 Spooky Writing Prompts! So settle down in a dark corner, Read more…