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Writing Stories That Hold Together Better
“That’s such a good container,” said my writing mentor. “Do you know what I mean by container?”
I shook my head. Should I know? I’d been writing for well over a decade, but writing is a career where you never stop learning, which is why I’...
Online Writing has Changed
In the last year, online writing has changed in a dramatic way.
Full glitter suit and a feather boa kind of dramatic.
A lot of us writers aren’t happy about the changes, but they’ve happened so we need to change too.
That’s why I’m re...
Sending Your Work into the World Needs a Plan
Being new sucks. I was having a whinge in my writers’ group last year. I’ve been a nonfiction writer for over 17 years and trying to learn a new type of writing (fiction) from scratch felt like rubbing sand in my eyeballs.
Then sending tha...
Stop Posting into the Void. Create a Substack Newsletter
Some of our lovely BYW family have been finding it tricky to set up a Substack newsletter. If that’s you, I hope this helps.
If you’re posting one-off pieces, or writing stories in Notes your writing can get lost in the void.
You want r...
Audience Growth Isn't My Focus, But If It Was...
Quick link to the Creative Nonfiction Lessons, from Light and Shade in Memoir, to Basics of Voice and Dialogue.
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As we head into 2026, growth on Substack might be your focus. Let’s help you with that today in a manageable, re...
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