Free Writing Tips and Expert Advice

Spiegel im Spiegel BY PETRA HILGERS Mirror pieces have their own way of travelling into people’s hearts, as I know from Die Schneekönigin. Mine found me, fortunately

By EWING EUGENE BALDWIN I had ruined my voice touring for three years in a bus and truck company of Jesus Christ Superstar. I had

BY KRISTIN HOYT My numb, icy fingers grasp the frozen metal handle. Whoosh! A burst of warmth wraps around me like a familiar hug as

By Taryn Hochstrasser During my last year of high school, I wrote an essay picked from one of the given topics. I don’t really remember

By Baks Wa Muthamia English is neither my first nor my second nor my third language. It comes in at a distant fourth! But I loved

BY ROBERT B. ROBESON If I’d wanted an easy life, I could have taken up quantum physics, brain surgery or attempted to open a McDonald’s

By Sujana Vangala For years, I lived in a space of hesitancy, in Plan B’s and safety nets. In the same way, my writing survived

By KIRSTY MAC DOUGALL ‘Trust in the writing process.’ ‘Trust in your innate and untapped writing abilities.’ ‘Trust in yourself.’ Great advice. Tony Robbins would

“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” This piece of wisdom came from an American baseball player long deceased.

By Sufia Aleia For a story to exist, it must have characters. For characters to exist, they must be given life. After all, lifeless, inanimate

By Tarumbidzwa Chirume I was 15 when my English teacher, Mrs Williams, told me to commit murder.  It was Speech Day, and we all had

When I was a child, I understood grief because I’d had an elephant cookie jar on my shelf that was missing a lid. I’d watched

By Chase D. Cartwright That’s it. That’s the best advice I can give. Don’t write it, be it. Don’t live your life to become a

By Dorotea Saputo The best writing advice I’ve ever received came from my grandfather who bragged about never having read a book in his life.

BEST WRITING ADVICE: GET A HOBBY The lettuce wilted. The basil died as soon as it flourished, and the oregano never sprouted in the first

By JAVI REDDY There is a notion held by non-artistic people that creatives sit around half-nude for most of their days, stewing in their emotions,

By ETHAN ALEXANDER    I was never the popular kid in high school. In fact, I was mostly ignored. I had just transferred to a

By Helen Aitchison Our lives are riddled with self-doubt. Some more than others. We worry, analyse and focus on the negative. ‘I can’t do it!’

BY SIOBHAN MURPHY Writing. It’s hard. Everyone who writes has been told this more times than the word count of The Lord of the Rings.