Could this provide the subject matter for you novel? “I do think a crisis is a great time to start writing if you’re alone at home, if you’ve got the mental capacity to do it,” suggests ...

Hellie Ogden, literary agent at Janklow & Nesbit, and the mentor in Stylist’s fiction competition, shares her top tips for crafting a standout first chapter. We get a huge amount of novel ...

Sue H. Cunningham with 12 tips to make your YA novel stand out. A YA (young adult) novel is intended for a teen readership . ...

Often with writing, the fun is in the creativity and the more daunting end, editing, is where the work is taken to the next level. Rachel Anderson is co-founder of Sigma’s ...

“Writer” often storms to the top of dream career surveys, and it seems that the multitudes still believe they have a novel in them, and not only a video game or an OnlyFans site. Writing ...

“My number one writing tip is to read a lot,” says Nina, whose first book Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life was a memoir about her time as a nanny. Obviously a modicum of ...

“I have so many versions of this book because I had a bad bout of mental health that went on when I was writing it,” she said. “I had gaps that went on for months when I wrote nothin ...