by Bec Evans | Oct 21, 2019
Daily doers write every day. Researchers have found there are many benefits to having a daily writing routine – yet there are also downsides. Find out how to trigger a regular writing habit and make the most of this approach to finding writing time in your busy...
by Chris Smith | Sep 17, 2019
When you experience negative thinking about your writing, you’re really just facing your own biased and ungrounded assumptions about your abilities. Whilst there’s nothing wrong with holding yourself and your writing to high standards, having negative thoughts...
by Bec Evans | Sep 4, 2019
Getting my book deal was the achievement of a life-long goal. Once the ink had dried on the publisher’s contract, reality set in. I actually had to write and deliver a book – 50,000 as yet unwritten words – in 100 days. There was no time to waste – I...
by Chris Smith | Aug 1, 2019
It’s perfectly normal to question your own writing abilities and to worry that you’re not up to the job. But when those questioning voices shout too loudly, pessimism and procrastination can take hold. There is a way to quieten your inner writing critic and manage the...
by Chris Smith | May 9, 2018
If you’ve ever missed a deadline the planning fallacy may well be the culprit. It’s the tendency we have to underestimate the time it will take us to complete something – whilst knowing full well that similar tasks have taken longer in the past....
by Chris Smith | May 1, 2018
How do writing scholars – people who write about writing, teach writing skills and research writing behaviours – get down to write themselves? To find out we spoke to academic Christine Tulley, author of a new and original Paris Review-style book on scholarly writing,...
