creative writing

  • How To Shape A Story, According To Famous Writers

    How To Shape A Story, According To Famous Writers

    Photo via PxHere Stories have shapes. Any story you tell works best if you recognise its shape, then strengthen that shape. This applies to a story of any length, whether you’re putting in your 50,000 words for National Novel Writing Month 2017, or honing your favourite party anecdote, or even marketing something, including yourself. It…


  • How To Write A First Draft Without Giving Up

    How To Write A First Draft Without Giving Up

    Julian Gough, Irish novelist, memoirist, poet and playwright, gives densely packed advice in his essay How To Edit Your Own Lousy Writing. He explains the “job” that a first, second and third draft each do, editing a hypothetical scene as a concrete example.