Developing your craft

Does anyone really know when it’s time for vampires, wizards, fairies, angels or sci-fi? People talk about zeitgeist, intuition and talent...

Reading Alex Clark’s Guardian piece last week on the Lost Art of Editing, author and long-serving publishing personality Carmen Callil’s...

I notice that as writers we tend to make one of two errors when it comes to revision: we either think it has only to do with grammar...

1.  Do not rely on spell check. And if you have relied on spell check, double check it.  The cautionary tale for this tip belongs to...

10. So, musicality is one technique for drawing the reader on.

9. Formatting is another.

But the myriad of ways in which this...

How much do you think about the demands of the YA market while you’re writing?

Bridget Collins: Well, while I’m actually writing, not...