For any author smarting from a negative review or a snotty star rating, I heartily recommend the Goodreads exercise. Make a list of the best books you’ve ever read, the ...
Negative reactions are also sometimes from people, usually close friends and family, who can’t bear the thought that you might be wasting your life chasing an impossible dream. People who ...
Negative reactions are also sometimes from people, usually close friends and family, who can’t bear the thought that you might be wasting your life chasing an impossible dream. People who ...
There is a plus side. The Inner Critic, like all aspects of the psyche is multifaceted. Perfectionism is his or her middle name. So as well as being highly effective ...
How hard can it be to find the right title for your novel? You’ve done so much heavy lifting – sweated over several drafts, weaved together complicated plot lines, fleshed ...
The commonest complaint that writers make is that there isn’t enough time in the day. Once you’ve accounted for the day job, recovering from the day job, child-care, emptying and ...
We’ve all heard the popular maxim: everyone has a novel in them. Whether you believe it or not, it certainly sounds like a good thing.
Magic can happen when a fiction writer splits open a fact and leads the reader deep into its heart. History becomes human and relatable.
There is a vacuum here, a void. I’ve written everything I needed to. If I was an established author I could take a break, wait for the next piece to ...
Every writer deserves the freedom to explore while at the same time being treated with the same artistic integrity afforded to those not side-lined by a flawed labelling system. A ...
In his latest column, Reece Choules asks the question just because a writer can say something, does it mean they should? Is there not a responsibility to respect other people’s ...
What if we’re all just writing the same stories though? What separates say Hemingway from Faulkner? Style. People remember their styles.
In his latest column, Reece Choules calls upon the spirit of a literary hero for advice and inspiration.
“My mum takes me to Staples to buy a desk, it has a drawer that throws itself open, a place to keep files – I have no files. I have ...
We talk to Claire Fuller about her debut Novel “Our Endless Numbered Days”
David Glass considers the writer’s vocation – and asks whether there might be a different way to engage with life.
Nicola Mira consider’s meaning’s perilous journey, and the role of the translator in ferrying it safely to distant shores.
Why write? Reece Choules attempts to answer the question while watching a game of football.
