Following on from my first five writing exercises, here are five more to kick-start your creativity.

A developmental edit is probably the most important edit your manuscript will go through, because it’s a professional opinion on whether your story is working or not. When, therefore, is the best time to hire a developmental editor for your novel?

Rejection is just part and parcel of being a writer, but knowing that doesn’t make it any easier to bear. From short stories that fail to win competitions to novels that agents discard, rejection can feel demotivating and deeply personal.

Most writers long to be more productive, especially those who juggle their writing with a full-time job and have limited time to devote to their art. If you want to boost your word count and get more done with those precious minutes or hours, here are a few tips.

If you’re stuck for ideas when you sit down to write, creative writing exercises can be a good way to kickstart your imagination.

We’ve all experienced it as writers; that hollow feeling you get when you stare at a blank page or an empty Word document.

If you have an idea for a novel and are trying to get organised, here are six things you should do before you begin.

This question crops up a lot, and it often leaves new writers feeling confused. If you’ve finished a manuscript and want to have it professionally edited, what are the different editing options, and do you need all three?

Hybrid publishing sits somewhere between traditional publishing and self-publishing, combining elements of both. While a traditional publisher generates revenue through book sales, a hybrid press makes money from both book sales and the fees they charge their authors.

Once snobbishly dismissed as the publication choice of ‘amateurs’, self-publishing has become wildly popular in recent years and the preferred publication path for many. While it does have a number of big advantages over traditional publishing and hybrid publishing, there are also a number of pretty big downsides.

Traditional publishing is no longer the only route to publication, but it’s one option that many writers aspire to over self-publishing or hybrid publishing. It is, however, a tough nut to crack and there are downsides as well as positives to taking the traditional route.

Go back fifteen or twenty years and the only real way to get your book out into the world was to find an agent and have it pitched to a traditional publishing house. Today, with the rise of Amazon and other self-publishing platforms, there are more ways than ever to get your book into print.