Since you are here on this blog, I’m going to make the assumption that you enjoy writing. For the sake of this post I’m also going to assume that you don’t write full-time for a living (however, if you do I would still be interested in your view on this topic).

It’s been a productive day here in the Writing to Inspire office. The morning started with the posting of my 1000th ‘first line’ writing prompt. I feel like I should

The more time I spend with writers the more I realise that the majority of us are the ‘do homework for the Monday class on Sunday evening’ kind. Why is that?

Thought I’d turn the tables today; rather than ask you a question this Friday I thought I would offer to answers your questions.

Writing to a deadline is an important part of writing, especially if you are working towards publication, but if you’re interested in entering competitions it’s vital

However, the question I’d like to pose this week is – What are the real benefits of blogs, from the perspective of those who read them?

Just a gentle reminder (well, perhaps as gentle as a sledgehammer), if you were thinking about attending the upcoming Writing from the Heart online course you need to enroll and pay today.

Often, but not always, it is stated in competition guidelines that only a certain genre of writing is to be accepted. It could be sci-fi and fantasy for example. If the genre requested is not your usual style