Creative Writing

When it comes to writing a story, it can be easy to become distracted from your original plan or to get confused about what should happen when. This is a common problem amongst writers and can result in a story that either doesn’t make sense or isn’t as strong as…

No matter how passionate and committed you are to your creative writing, the time will come — maybe often or perhaps once in a blue moon — when you are lacking ideas and inspiration for your stories. When this happens, don’t panic — it happens to everyone, and it will…

Embarrassment can be a very helpful tool in writing — it can help your character become more likeable and relatable… more human, in fact. Create a sympathetic character by adding an embarrassing scenario into your story, and how your character reacts to the discomfort of the event will help your…

The best way to get better at creative writing is to practice as often as possible – ideally daily, but it depends what fits in with your lifestyle. However, it can become tricky to think of topics to write about so frequently, and that is where writing prompts come in.…

A sonnet is a form of poetry which takes its name from the Italian word “sonetto”, which means “little song” or “little sound.” The sonnet was established in Italy in the 14th century as a major form of love poetry, and came to be adopted in Spain, France and England…