Getting Published in Print

So now you’d like to see your article in print, hopefully with someone paying for it.  Ideally, you have already submitted a proposal to an editor of a magazine you are familiar with and had an invitation to submit your article.  If not, and you are working on spec, the road is much harder and […]

Make the Words Flow

The mighty Northern Wairoa River - Dargaville, Northland, New Zealand - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Now that we have a very rough story with all the sections following in a logical order, we need to make sure each section and/or paragraph links properly so that the piece flows. Before we do that though, look again at your material and pick the strongest, most interesting sentence or paragraph, and move it […]

Editing Your Writing

Editing is putting the finials on your work - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Once you have your story written down in crude form, the next thing to do is to organise it so that the reader can follow it in a more or less logical fashion. The best tool for this, and one which should always be utilised, is the creation of a single simple sentence that encapsulates […]

Steps to Publishing Your Writing

All writer's begin by having to start - Photo Paul Biggelaar

Writing one day is not enough.  If you want to call yourself a writer, then you must do what writers do and write frequently, daily in fact. Don’t feel the need to write an article every day. Instead, work everything you write, an email, a letter, a job application, a blog, your diary.  If you […]

Become A Writer

How often  have heard I the following: I’ve always wanted to write. I’ve heard it so often I can almost mouth the words before they are uttered. If you’ve always wanted to write, then you should follow your heart’s desire, which is to write.  It’s simple, and you get better at it as you go […]