Developing your craft

You've been writing for a while and nearly have a full draft of a manuscript, or a collection of finished shorter pieces of work, under your belt.

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20th October 2015
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25th January 2021
William Ryan on the importance of drawing your reader into your story from the very first pages. For more free articles on the writing and publishing...
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16th October 2015
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14th October 2015
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I left a perfectly good career because I wanted to ‘write a novel’. At the time, I imagined that it would grace high street bookstores that I’d...