Developing your idea

If you have an idea for a story in mind and have begun fleshing it out then the developing your idea section of the site is for you. Browse our collection of articles full of advice and things to consider as your get started writing your book.

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8 min read

Images: One Little Painting At A Time

Amy E. Weldon

24th August 2018

Edited

23rd September 2020

In an exclusive adapted extract taken from The Writer's Eye: Observation and Inspiration for Creative Writers (Bloomsbury, 2018), Amy E. Weldon looks...

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5 min read

How To Treat Writing Like A Job

Charlene Allcott

26th July 2018

Edited

5th September 2023

Charlene Allcott, author of The Single Mum's Wish List, offers thoughts on the importance of how to start treating your writing like a job.

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4 min read

Series Fiction: Writing as Part of a Team

L Court

25th June 2018

Edited

8th October 2020

In this extract from the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook, writer Lucy Courtenay spills the beans on the profitable world of series fiction, its...

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6 min read

Write Now

Sarah Plater

4th June 2018

Edited

23rd September 2020

Writer Sarah Plater shares five research-backed motivational strategies for aspiring authors...

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5 min read

3 Fixes For When Your Novel's Upside-Down in a Ditch

Tim Clare

1st June 2018

Edited

15th September 2020

You started your novel full of good intentions but now it’s sat at the side of the road like a tired donkey, refusing to move.

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9 min read

The Importance of Asking Why

Claire North

26th February 2018

Edited

23rd September 2020

Award-winning speculative fiction author Claire North takes us through how to develop the premise of a story, and just where asking why could take...