Using Scrivener to create your Author pen name

Using Scrivener to create your Author pen name

Sep 2, 2017 | after

Not sure if anyone has done this before, but I’ve discovered the Scrivener name generator is brilliant for coming up with Author pen names. Select either gender, Forename initials only, and choose 2 initials from the dropdown. Punch the Generate Names button and...
Tips for Writing Realistic Skateboard Fiction Stories

Tips for Writing Realistic Skateboard Fiction Stories

Aug 14, 2017 | Blog, skate

[Last updated: 27th January 2020] What is skateboard fiction exactly? Skateboard fiction is a story which centers around the actions and events of skateboarders.  The skateboarding world holds Truth dear to its heart (Did he make it? Did she land it? Where’s the...
Best Quora Answers for Writers

Best Quora Answers for Writers

Jun 10, 2017 | Blog

Quora is a writers paradise. Why? Because all the responses to weird and wonderful questions are supplied by people that have the answers. What’s more, the crowd vote up the best ones by the most credible sources. For that reason, you can be sure of a great...
6 solid examples of Show, Don’t Tell

6 solid examples of Show, Don’t Tell

Nov 10, 2016 | during

I recently put together a list of examples for a Show, Don’t Tell topic for my writing group, and thought I’d share them here for my own reference and other people to enjoy: We all know what it is: Telling the reader something, when you could show it...
No-one can write about skateboarding in Fiction. Why?

No-one can write about skateboarding in Fiction. Why?

Sep 17, 2016 | before, skate

Someone has (at last) addressed the lack of decent skateboarding in fiction! Jonathan Russell Clark seems to have hit the nail on the head with his article. Skateboarding in Fiction: A Brief History of Failure I have a big response to the lithub post but haven’t...