Tag: How to write

  • How to cheat at being an author

    Last week I attended a webinar put on by the Society of Authors on the subject of AI (Artificial Intelligence). From the chat in the sidebar, it seems this is a subject that some authors are getting pretty worked up about. I should point out that Author covers everyone from Shakespeare to a Geography textbook…

  • Why No Drawing Video Today?!

    Why no Drawing Video today?! Because I am applying the seat of my pants to the seat of my chair and I am writing. I’m about 8,500 words into my 25,000 word children’s novel. My editor has brough forward the publication date, so I really need to get the first draft finished as soon as…

  • Full Stop. Comma, new Paragraph – all you need to write anything.

    Sometimes, when I hear of the complicated grammar that primary children have to learn, I want to cry. The grammar that the curriculum requires them to learn is not to help them read or write, but to help academic examiners tick boxes. Reading and marking a piece of writing is a difficult and subjective process. It…