The Writers' Guide

Straightforward, practical writing advice that will help you improve your craft and develop your creativity. The Writers’ Guide offers a concise, accessible summary of key information that will help you write better and with more confidence. It provides both a comprehensive primer for those new to creative writing and a handy refresher for the more experienced.

 

Whatever your area of interest, be it screenplays, novels, short stories, poems or slogan competitions, you’ll find something useful here. You can see a complete list of chapter headings below. These cover a range of core writing topics such as the basics of story structure, writing strong characters and compelling dialogue, tips on revision and editing, generating ideas, coming up with great titles and advice on submissions.