Long after readers have forgotten many other features of your book or short story, it will be your characters who will live on in their minds. And the stronger, the more colourful and the more striking your characters are, the more memorable they’ll be. So, here are some tips for ensuring that your characters are unforgettable:1.It should be yo...
Six Tips To Help You Sell More Whether you’re running your own business or you’re employed as a salesperson for a company, tips on how to increase your sales are always useful. So why not try the following? * You must have confidence in the product or service you are selling. If you don’t, this will come across subconsciously when you are tal...
Social Networking - An Essential Tool in Promoting Your Writing Social networking is part and parcel of most writers’ lives these days. It provides a quick and easy way to keep your dedicated readers up-to-date with what you are doing and lets new readers know what it is you do. But, depending on how interactive you wish to be with your readers, ...
Ten Top Tips For Plotting A Novel 1. Action, dramatic high points and conflict – these are what you are aiming for in your novel, no matter what genre you are writing in. 2. Decide on a setting and period. Do you know enough about it to write authoritatively – or can you find out? And what genre is it going to be – romance, crime, thriller,...
How To Get More Done in a DayThe last couple of weeks haven’t been particularly easy as my husband’s mother has been in hospital. Thankfully, she’s now much better and is back home. But it got me thinking and I realised I hadn’t coped particularly well. I felt as though I was dashing around all the time and was permanently tired (and, I mus...