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'What’s at the heart of your novel? Start by asking yourself what story you’re trying to tell' 📓
If you’re looking for advice on how to plan your novel, here are ten steps to help you get started:
If you’re looking for advice on how to plan your novel, here are ten steps to help you get started:
How to plan your novel in ten steps
Writing a novel and not sure where to start? Here are 10 simple steps on how to plan your novel and get you started on your writing journey.
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
'What’s at the heart of your novel? Start by asking yourself what story you’re trying to tell' 📓
If you’re looking for advice on how to plan your novel, here are ten steps to help you get started:
If you’re looking for advice on how to plan your novel, here are ten steps to help you get started:
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Writing Tip:
Feeling stuck and just can’t get words onto the page for your project? Write something else! Try writing something in a completely different genre or style. Something you’ve been wanting to try. It can help clear whatever blockage you might have.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
Feeling stuck and just can’t get words onto the page for your project? Write something else! Try writing something in a completely different genre or style. Something you’ve been wanting to try. It can help clear whatever blockage you might have.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
April 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Writing Tip:
Feeling stuck and just can’t get words onto the page for your project? Write something else! Try writing something in a completely different genre or style. Something you’ve been wanting to try. It can help clear whatever blockage you might have.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
Feeling stuck and just can’t get words onto the page for your project? Write something else! Try writing something in a completely different genre or style. Something you’ve been wanting to try. It can help clear whatever blockage you might have.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
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So thrilled to see this hitting the shelves, a brilliant story! Author Caroline Madden: ‘My luck turned when I created a female protagonist seething with quiet resentment’
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Author Caroline Madden: ‘My luck turned when I created a female protagonist seething with quiet resentment’
The author of The Marriage Vendetta talks about what it takes to get published, her Jane Austen-inspired world record, and a surprisingly funny book
www.irishtimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 6:52 AM
So thrilled to see this hitting the shelves, a brilliant story! Author Caroline Madden: ‘My luck turned when I created a female protagonist seething with quiet resentment’
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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'Backstory helps to develop a reader’s understanding of characters and gives psychological realism to them.'
Your Character’s Backstory: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan
www.writing.ie/resources/yo...
#writerscommunity #writingtips
Your Character’s Backstory: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan
www.writing.ie/resources/yo...
#writerscommunity #writingtips
April 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
'Backstory helps to develop a reader’s understanding of characters and gives psychological realism to them.'
Your Character’s Backstory: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan
www.writing.ie/resources/yo...
#writerscommunity #writingtips
Your Character’s Backstory: Really Useful Links by Lucy O’Callaghan
www.writing.ie/resources/yo...
#writerscommunity #writingtips
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“I’m just like many other writers. As someone once said, there is terror in opening a blank screen to begin writing. I try to bite off what I know is manageable. It works for me, and I’m sure it could work for others”
Galway Crime Writer Ken Bruen 1951-2025
www.writing.ie/news/galway-...
Galway Crime Writer Ken Bruen 1951-2025
www.writing.ie/news/galway-...
April 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
“I’m just like many other writers. As someone once said, there is terror in opening a blank screen to begin writing. I try to bite off what I know is manageable. It works for me, and I’m sure it could work for others”
Galway Crime Writer Ken Bruen 1951-2025
www.writing.ie/news/galway-...
Galway Crime Writer Ken Bruen 1951-2025
www.writing.ie/news/galway-...
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WCLF2025 programme will be announced tomorrow, Wednesday April 3rd. We can't wait to share our plans with you.
👀 www.westcorkmusic.ie/literary-festival/
#WCLF2025
👀 www.westcorkmusic.ie/literary-festival/
#WCLF2025
April 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
WCLF2025 programme will be announced tomorrow, Wednesday April 3rd. We can't wait to share our plans with you.
👀 www.westcorkmusic.ie/literary-festival/
#WCLF2025
👀 www.westcorkmusic.ie/literary-festival/
#WCLF2025
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Today's writing quote: “Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.” ― Meg Cabot #writing #writingquote #quote #writinglife #writesky #writerscommunity #writing
April 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today's writing quote: “Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.” ― Meg Cabot #writing #writingquote #quote #writinglife #writesky #writerscommunity #writing
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Featuring leading industry professionals, this full-day seminar at @ilfdublin.bsky.social has all you need to know about contemporary publishing for adults.
Discover what’s hot, what’s not, & how to secure your big break.
🗓️Sat 17th May '25
Booking & more:
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#writersky
Discover what’s hot, what’s not, & how to secure your big break.
🗓️Sat 17th May '25
Booking & more:
ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...
#writersky
April 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Featuring leading industry professionals, this full-day seminar at @ilfdublin.bsky.social has all you need to know about contemporary publishing for adults.
Discover what’s hot, what’s not, & how to secure your big break.
🗓️Sat 17th May '25
Booking & more:
ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...
#writersky
Discover what’s hot, what’s not, & how to secure your big break.
🗓️Sat 17th May '25
Booking & more:
ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...
#writersky
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PERSON OF THE DAY. 30 March 1853. Vincent Van Gogh was born in Zundert, Netherlands. Unknown during his lifetime, he came to be regarded after his death as one of the greatest artists of all time, especially praised for his dazzling use of colour.
March 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
PERSON OF THE DAY. 30 March 1853. Vincent Van Gogh was born in Zundert, Netherlands. Unknown during his lifetime, he came to be regarded after his death as one of the greatest artists of all time, especially praised for his dazzling use of colour.
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Writers, please sign @societyofauthors.bsky.social open letter to Lisa Nandy/UK gov to make yr voices heard on #metabooktheives
If you're an aspiring author or part of the book community, this impacts you too & SoA would love you to add your voice. Please share 💙📚
www.change.org/p/protect-au...
If you're an aspiring author or part of the book community, this impacts you too & SoA would love you to add your voice. Please share 💙📚
www.change.org/p/protect-au...
Sign the Petition
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
www.change.org
March 28, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Writers, please sign @societyofauthors.bsky.social open letter to Lisa Nandy/UK gov to make yr voices heard on #metabooktheives
If you're an aspiring author or part of the book community, this impacts you too & SoA would love you to add your voice. Please share 💙📚
www.change.org/p/protect-au...
If you're an aspiring author or part of the book community, this impacts you too & SoA would love you to add your voice. Please share 💙📚
www.change.org/p/protect-au...
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#BookReview of #AWeekToRemember by @rutholearywrite | @PoolbegBooks | @ruthwriter.bsky.social www.swirlandthread.com/a-week-to-re... via @maireadhearne.bsky.social
A Week to Remember by Ruth O'Leary | Review
A Week to Remember by Ruth O'Leary (Poolbeg Press) is described as 'a story of healing, betrayal, and finding courage on the Camino'.
www.swirlandthread.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:51 AM
#BookReview of #AWeekToRemember by @rutholearywrite | @PoolbegBooks | @ruthwriter.bsky.social www.swirlandthread.com/a-week-to-re... via @maireadhearne.bsky.social
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Writing Tip:
One of the reasons we need practice readers for our work is that we all have patterns when we write, and they can become predictable. Have a friend read your writing and point out anything that repeats enough to be noticeable. This really helps!
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
One of the reasons we need practice readers for our work is that we all have patterns when we write, and they can become predictable. Have a friend read your writing and point out anything that repeats enough to be noticeable. This really helps!
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
March 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Writing Tip:
One of the reasons we need practice readers for our work is that we all have patterns when we write, and they can become predictable. Have a friend read your writing and point out anything that repeats enough to be noticeable. This really helps!
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
One of the reasons we need practice readers for our work is that we all have patterns when we write, and they can become predictable. Have a friend read your writing and point out anything that repeats enough to be noticeable. This really helps!
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
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Writing Tip:
If you're struggling with visualizing your scenes or world, try to draw it. Even if you're not a visual artist, just forcing yourself to visualize the space can fine-tune your scene in ways that would be impossible with it just imagining in your head.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
If you're struggling with visualizing your scenes or world, try to draw it. Even if you're not a visual artist, just forcing yourself to visualize the space can fine-tune your scene in ways that would be impossible with it just imagining in your head.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
March 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Writing Tip:
If you're struggling with visualizing your scenes or world, try to draw it. Even if you're not a visual artist, just forcing yourself to visualize the space can fine-tune your scene in ways that would be impossible with it just imagining in your head.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
If you're struggling with visualizing your scenes or world, try to draw it. Even if you're not a visual artist, just forcing yourself to visualize the space can fine-tune your scene in ways that would be impossible with it just imagining in your head.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
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Today's writing quote: "I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it." ― Toni Morrison #writing #writingquote #quote #writinglife #writingcommunity #writesky #writingcommunity #writing
March 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today's writing quote: "I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it." ― Toni Morrison #writing #writingquote #quote #writinglife #writingcommunity #writesky #writingcommunity #writing
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'I thought of all the way language shows the world who we are, how it is insufficient, how often it fails us. I wondered what would happen to an identity if language was simply taken away.'
@hollowaywriter.bsky.social author of The Language of Remembering 💙📚
Read:
www.writing.ie/interviews/t...
@hollowaywriter.bsky.social author of The Language of Remembering 💙📚
Read:
www.writing.ie/interviews/t...
March 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
'I thought of all the way language shows the world who we are, how it is insufficient, how often it fails us. I wondered what would happen to an identity if language was simply taken away.'
@hollowaywriter.bsky.social author of The Language of Remembering 💙📚
Read:
www.writing.ie/interviews/t...
@hollowaywriter.bsky.social author of The Language of Remembering 💙📚
Read:
www.writing.ie/interviews/t...
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Writing Tip:
You're going to have doubts while you're writing, editing and revising. Those doubts never truly go away. But that doesn't mean your work is garbage. Far from it. It means you care. Push those doubts aside and just enjoy your work. It's a lot more fun.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
You're going to have doubts while you're writing, editing and revising. Those doubts never truly go away. But that doesn't mean your work is garbage. Far from it. It means you care. Push those doubts aside and just enjoy your work. It's a lot more fun.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
March 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Writing Tip:
You're going to have doubts while you're writing, editing and revising. Those doubts never truly go away. But that doesn't mean your work is garbage. Far from it. It means you care. Push those doubts aside and just enjoy your work. It's a lot more fun.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
You're going to have doubts while you're writing, editing and revising. Those doubts never truly go away. But that doesn't mean your work is garbage. Far from it. It means you care. Push those doubts aside and just enjoy your work. It's a lot more fun.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
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Writing Tip:
Take time to just reread your own work without trying to edit it. Just read it to enjoy it. Because that is what your readers are going to be doing. Instead of nitpicking, try not to lose focus. If you still are, that might be something a reader notices.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
Take time to just reread your own work without trying to edit it. Just read it to enjoy it. Because that is what your readers are going to be doing. Instead of nitpicking, try not to lose focus. If you still are, that might be something a reader notices.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
March 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Writing Tip:
Take time to just reread your own work without trying to edit it. Just read it to enjoy it. Because that is what your readers are going to be doing. Instead of nitpicking, try not to lose focus. If you still are, that might be something a reader notices.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
Take time to just reread your own work without trying to edit it. Just read it to enjoy it. Because that is what your readers are going to be doing. Instead of nitpicking, try not to lose focus. If you still are, that might be something a reader notices.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky
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'Whilst research is important, it’s also essential to question ourselves in the first place. Why are we writing outside our known experience?'
Cultural Sensitivity: How to be Culturally Sensitive in your Writing by @lucyocallaghan.bsky.social
Read more:
www.writing.ie/resources/cu...
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Cultural Sensitivity: How to be Culturally Sensitive in your Writing by @lucyocallaghan.bsky.social
Read more:
www.writing.ie/resources/cu...
#writersky
March 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
'Whilst research is important, it’s also essential to question ourselves in the first place. Why are we writing outside our known experience?'
Cultural Sensitivity: How to be Culturally Sensitive in your Writing by @lucyocallaghan.bsky.social
Read more:
www.writing.ie/resources/cu...
#writersky
Cultural Sensitivity: How to be Culturally Sensitive in your Writing by @lucyocallaghan.bsky.social
Read more:
www.writing.ie/resources/cu...
#writersky
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Do you have a potential New York Times bestseller under the bed?
Calling all aspiring authors – don’t miss your chance for a Date With an Agent!
✨Application deadline: 4th April 2025✨
Read more at:
www.writing.ie/resources/da...
@ilfdublin.bsky.social #WritingCommmunity
Calling all aspiring authors – don’t miss your chance for a Date With an Agent!
✨Application deadline: 4th April 2025✨
Read more at:
www.writing.ie/resources/da...
@ilfdublin.bsky.social #WritingCommmunity
March 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Do you have a potential New York Times bestseller under the bed?
Calling all aspiring authors – don’t miss your chance for a Date With an Agent!
✨Application deadline: 4th April 2025✨
Read more at:
www.writing.ie/resources/da...
@ilfdublin.bsky.social #WritingCommmunity
Calling all aspiring authors – don’t miss your chance for a Date With an Agent!
✨Application deadline: 4th April 2025✨
Read more at:
www.writing.ie/resources/da...
@ilfdublin.bsky.social #WritingCommmunity
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Writing 101 tip: The word “just” is frequently used as a space-filler word without any particular meaning. In the vast majority of cases, you can delete the word “just” from any piece of writing and you’ll find that the result reads better.
February 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Writing 101 tip: The word “just” is frequently used as a space-filler word without any particular meaning. In the vast majority of cases, you can delete the word “just” from any piece of writing and you’ll find that the result reads better.
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The sandstorm obscures everything around you. The noon sun is a faint golden haze. And yet, despite the screaming wind, you can hear...
#writingprompt #artprompt
#writingprompt #artprompt
February 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The sandstorm obscures everything around you. The noon sun is a faint golden haze. And yet, despite the screaming wind, you can hear...
#writingprompt #artprompt
#writingprompt #artprompt
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Today's writing quote: "I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter." - James Michener #writing #writingquote #quote #writinglife #writingcommunity #writesky
February 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today's writing quote: "I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter." - James Michener #writing #writingquote #quote #writinglife #writingcommunity #writesky
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Avoid starting story with a cliché opening
#writingadvice #writingcommunity #amwriting #authors #5amwritersclub #DadAuthor
#writingadvice #writingcommunity #amwriting #authors #5amwritersclub #DadAuthor
Avoid starting story with a cliché opening
For writers, the challenge with most people who like to read is that they read a lot. They’ve seen all kinds of plots, protagonists, villains and settings. Worse, even if they prefer specific genre…
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February 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Avoid starting story with a cliché opening
#writingadvice #writingcommunity #amwriting #authors #5amwritersclub #DadAuthor
#writingadvice #writingcommunity #amwriting #authors #5amwritersclub #DadAuthor