Category: Writing articles
Articles about writing, including writing techniques, use of English, grammar and spelling,

How to avoid ruin with Anglo Saxons runes
This is post 1 of 1 in the series “Anglo Saxon runes” You know how it is, you want to…
Anglo Saxon Exceptionalism
We sometimes hear about ‘American Exceptionalism,’ but what about ‘Anglo Saxon Exceptionalism?’

How to use an ancient language in a novel part 2
This is part two of a series called ‘How to use an ancient language in a novel.’ and it includes…

How to use an ancient language in a novel
How to use an ancient language when writing a novel in modern English.

How to avoid writing about a ‘banned’ topic
Here’s one way of ethically avoiding mentioning the corona virus if you’re writing a novel. ‘Ethically’ means not being sneaky,…

When it isn’t okay to say okay
Writing Plague Doctor Three (and Plague Doctor Two) created a few problems. Linguistic and cultural problems. Rylee, the main character,…

How to chill to an ambiguous word
That embarrassing moment when you realise that you’ve written a word that can also mean something else. For example. This…
First, do no harm
It’s easy to be contemptous of history, contemptous of historical figures, to mock certain military generals for their mistakes, for…
To my horror
This piece of writing seemed fine at first but when I edited it I saw that it didn’t make sense,…
Scene breaks overkill
Scene breaks are a way of separating scenes in novels, to distinguish the end of one scene and the beginning…
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