How To Write
Improve your writing and learn new skills with our expert advice, essential tips and fun exercises to try at home. Get started with our latest blogs below.
Coffee-break exercise: Vision
Apply the theme literally or metaphorically in this week's creative writing…30 July 2021
Historical fiction: How to turn fact into fiction
Novelist Ellen Alpsten explains how she balanced historical research with…30 July 2021
Coffee-break exercise: Venting
Write from the point of view of someone annoyed in this week's creating writing…23 July 2021
Travel for writers: Make the most of your research trip
Top tips from thriller writer and former foreign correspondent Dan Fesperman so…23 July 2021
How to put together a writing CV
What should go in your writing biog for submission to agents, publishers and…23 July 2021
Coffee break exercise: Doughnut
Think about food choices in this week's creative writing exercise16 July 2021
How to deal with writer's burnout
Novelist Penny Parkes has wise words for writers who feel as if they're running…16 July 2021
How to sell a book to Netflix
Author and screenwriter Sarah Anderson describes what happened as her novel was…14 July 2021
Coffee break exercise: It's coming home
In the countdown to the Euro 2020 final, write around the idea of 'it's coming…09 July 2021
