Writing Prompt Friday #1

Welcome to Better Scribe’s Writing Prompt Friday. This is where I will post a prompt (every Friday) for you to use as a writing exercise. You will also get to read my own (unedited) response to the same prompt. Your writing … [Read more...]

How to Use Writing Prompts

What is a writing prompt? A writing prompt is a topic that you can use to spark your imagination. It could be a word, sentence, paragraph or image; anything that could be the jump-start you need to start writing. Why use writing … [Read more...]

How to Format a Novel Manuscript

One of the first challenges a writer faces is how to format a manuscript. Below are steps that will take you through how to format a novel manuscript and make it industry standard. If your intentions are to submit your … [Read more...]

How to Avoid Being Blacklisted

As a writer and editor I’ve been in the position to hear many stories about how a writer’s behaviour has managed to get them blacklisted. So in today’s blog I’m going to talk about professional conduct as a writer. You may … [Read more...]