For the last 2 months we have been asking you what new writers need.
The survey questions asked you to assess various options so there is no right or wrong answer. To get the best from the 100+ replies, each one was analysed and a pattern quickly emerged. For every question, one or two options were significantly more popular than others. Read more
'Never use a metaphor and then explain it'
'For God's sake, never use a metaphor and then explain it...
You can assume a world from so little and readers will. So I'm more interested economy than encyclopaedism, in how little you can get away with rather than how much you can cram in...
I don't want to write puzzle stories that can be decoded to the correct answer... Read more