Well, it turns out my readers love fairy tale prompts as much as I do, so I’ve put together another list of fairy tale prompts to help get started on your next project, be it a short story, a journal entry, if you’re looking for a new novel idea, or just playing around. I created these prompts using my favourite short story writing class – it has a great
It’s been way too long since I’ve provided you with a new list of prompts, so here we go: 25 love story ideas for my writers and readers. I hope you like them! If you have any specific requests for prompts, please leave a comment below, and I’ll see what I can come up with. Instructions As always, use the prompts to ignite an idea within you. You
Here is the 3rd and final part of our series on The Steps of Being a Writer, by Australian writer, Thomas Gregory. I hope you have enjoyed the series! Step Nine: The Reward We did it. We wrote a book. It’s not quite perfect in our eyes, but who cares, right? It reads well, has a great story, is full of heart and it comes from our own
Here is Part 2 of our series on The Steps of Being a Writer, by Australian writer, Thomas Gregory. I hope you enjoy the series! Step Five: Crossing the First Threshold Perhaps the most important part of the journey, no story would exist if it wasn’t for the Hero eventually setting out to fulfil their goal. Even after meeting Gandalf and understanding the importance of destroying the ring, Frodo Baggins
This week, we start a 3 Part Series on The Steps of Being a Writer, by Australian writer, Thomas Gregory. I hope you enjoy the series! In 1949, an American professor called Joseph Campbell published a book called “The Hero with a thousand faces”. Using contemporary literary theory, combined with Freudian psychology, the book examined the concept of “The Monomyth” or “Hero’s Journey”. In it, Campbell recognises that
Today, I bring you another wonderful article from Australian writer, Thomas Gregory. He’s been taking the James Patterson writing class from MasterClass, and has written me this piece on it. I hope you like it as much as I did. I was a little on the fence about taking the James Patterson MasterClass, but Thomas has convinced me; Patterson has a lot to offer.
Holly Lisle’s free flash fiction writing class is one of the best free classes I’ve ever taken. In this short writing class, she gives you a method where you can create flash fiction short stories very quickly; over a period of three weeks. The three weeks are broken into the three steps of crafting short fiction. This was my introduction to Holly’s Writing Classes, it was the first
Updated: December 6th 2018 Are you looking for an awesome Christmas present for the writer in your life? Well, after some research, I’ve sourced the best 18 Christmas presents you could ever buy (or not buy) for your loved one, with all budgets covered.
As we are getting closer to Christmas, I thought you would like a few Christmas Writing Prompts that you can use. Once again I’ve used my freelance writer, Emily to create these prompts for me and I hope you like them This can be a silly time of the year but it’s also a good time to sit back and to make sure that you continue your writing practice, just
When looking for a book on how to write or creative writing, there are a few different approaches to take. You may be wanting some inspiration and motivation, or daily prompts to get you writing, or you may want a step by step guide on how to write a novel or story from scratch. Choosing the best books on creative writing is a hard job, with all these variations
