by Charlie Laidlaw | Jan 19, 2022 | book editing, Creative writing courses, diploma creative writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers You’re writing a book, and one of the first things to learn is that every word carries weight. Some will have more weight than others, and you have to decide whether a particular word is necessary or not. As a...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Jan 10, 2022 | Creative writing courses, diploma creative writing, diploma writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers Writing in the past tense is the construct used in most novels by most novelists. We expect it; it doesn’t jar with us and, frankly, it’s easier. It allows you, the writer, to manipulate time – to move...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Jan 2, 2022 | Creative writing courses, diploma creative writing, diploma writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers Some books use the present tense, others the past tense. Both have advantages and disadvantages. However, before putting pen to paper, it’s best to decide what tense to use because changing tense once you’re...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Dec 29, 2021 | Creative writing courses, diploma creative writing, getting started on writing
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers It’s the writer’s job to paint pictures in a reader’s mind, and the temptation is to describe things in minute detail. Wrong. The reader wants to be told some detail, but not everything. After all, your...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Dec 3, 2021 | diploma creative writing, diploma writing, getting started on writing, Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers As a writer you have to find your voice. A way of writing that is yours. It’s all about the stories you write and the way you tell them. Finding that voice can be easy or hard; we instinctively understand...
