by Charlie Laidlaw | Sep 20, 2021 | Writing courses
Charlie Laidlaw is an author and creative writing tutor at Creating Writers A dictum commonly attributed to Mark Twain had three rules for writing. The first was “Write,” the second was “Write” and the third was “Write.” Another dictum involving a rule of three is...
by Charlie Laidlaw | Sep 5, 2021 | Creative writing courses, getting started on writing, Writing
The trouble with writing is knowing where to start. It’s all very well for Lewis Carroll to say, “begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.” For most of us, finding that starting point is the tricky bit. We might have a good idea for a...