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The weight of words

The weight of words

by Charlie Laidlaw | Jan 19, 2022 | book editing, Creative writing courses, diploma creative writing

Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers You’re writing a book, and one of the first things to learn is that every word carries weight. Some will have more weight than others, and you have to decide whether a particular word is necessary or not. As a...
The language of language

The language of language

by Charlie Laidlaw | Dec 26, 2021 | book editing, Creative writing courses, diploma creative writing

Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers First of all, I hope everyone had a good and safe Christmas. For those of you who have been following my blog, I try to give helpful writing tips and advice. Although I’m now a published author, I went up many...
Edit, edit, edit

Edit, edit, edit

by Charlie Laidlaw | Nov 12, 2021 | book editing, Creative writing courses, getting started on writing

Charlie Laidlaw is an author and tutor at Creating Writers A great many new authors worry endlessly about what they’re writing. Often, they worry so much about what they’re writing that they give up. But take the advice of American speculative novelist, CJ Cherryh....

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