by Laura Tong | Aug 29, 2019 | How to Write a Novel, Fiction
Is it really possible to write a bestselling novel to order? To break down its constituent parts and use them as a kind of writing-a-blockbuster-by-numbers? After all, literature isn’t Lego, is it? Despite this, many people have tried. On the bookshelves,...
by Laura Tong | Jun 13, 2019 | Tips For Writers, Resources for Writers
Working out the greatest posts ever published on this blog wasn’t easy.In fact, it was a monumental task.So why do it at all?Well, this year Write to Done is celebrating a milestone.Back in 2009, Mary Jaksch became Editor-in-Chief.Ten years on, and she’s...
by Laura Tong | Mar 21, 2019 | Tips For Writers, Tips
Stephen King is acknowledged as one of the most successful writers of his generation selling over 350 million books. Not only that, he is also one of the most prolific having published almost 60 novels and over 200 short stories under his own name and his pen name of...
by Laura Tong | Mar 14, 2019 | Motivation, Be Inspired
Sometimes I compare my job as a writer to his and I wonder if I’m bringing enough value to the world and helping enough people. Genevieve Parker-Hill The above quote comes from a wonderful post called Write the Book, Save the World. In the post Genevieve wonders why...
by Laura Tong | Feb 28, 2019 | Fiction
We all love to read classic works by famous writers. Apart from being great reading, they also inspire us to aim higher in our own writing. Famous writers are often as individual and fascinating as the works they create and this spills over into their work habits....