Top tips on how to write by bestselling author and WM subscriber Kathryn Hughes ...

What do you do to put off writing? Turn it to good use in this week's creative writing exercise ...

Use one of your specialist subjects (outside writing!) to generate new creative writing in this week's exercise ...

This week's coffee break exercise is an invitation to play around with words ...

Background reading, exclusive audio extracts and more to complement your latest Writing Magazine ...

A reader's novel opening gets an editorial critique ...

The most common clichés in writing and how to avoid them ...

Author Amanda Reynolds describes how she turns the cosy Cotswolds into the sinister territory of her thrillers ...

After a heated week, (try to) chill out with this creative writing exercise ...

Celia Brayfield explores the pros and cons of writing fashionably ...

Find your creative flow with this week's lunar-inspired writing exercise ...