Writer's Edit

A newsletter for novel writers looking for inspiration and advice on their creative journey.



Category: Fiction Writing

  • Author Focus: Chris Cleave

    Writer’s Edit were lucky enough to have a moment with author, Chris Cleave. With his debut novel Incendiary shortlisted for the 2006 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize and taking out a Somerset Maugham Award…

  • Three Books Every Writer Should Read

    Three books that will offer writers a different perspective on the craft of writing itself.

  • Three Things to Learn Before Starting Your Novel

    With a few novels under our belt, we thought we’d put our heads together and come up with a checklist of what you should know and do before you jump…

  • Putting Our Favourite Fictional Settings on the Map

    Funded by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, comes a fresh initiative from the minds of author Andrew Bardin Williams, geographer Kathleen Colin Williams and software engineer Steven Young.…

  • Creativity – Educated Out of Us?

    Devoted to ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’, TED is a nonprofit organisation that unites creative thinkers from three unique worlds: Technology, Entertainment and Design. “We believe passionately in the power of ideas…

  • Weekly Writing Prompts #3

    Your protagonist wakes with something unusual in their pocket. What is it? Where did it come from and how did it get there? Does your protagonist remember? Where does this…

  • J.K. Rowling’s Secret

    J.K Rowling has been unmasked as the “former military police officer, with a wife and two children” by the name of Robert Galbraith. The supposed ‘debut’ novel of crime fiction, The…

  • The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman – Review

    Stedman’s debut novel The Light Between Oceans is a refreshingly honest and heart-wrenching work that is sure to stay with you weeks after finishing it. It tells the story of war hero-turned-lighthouse…

  • Weekly Writing Prompts #2

    Explore a psychological aspect of your main character through a small action. Do they pick up a drink and put it back down without taking a sip? Do they go…

  • Weekly Writing Prompts #1

    Ever need an extra push with your writing? Writer’s Edit is dedicated to helping you get there. Check out the first of our weekly writing prompts below and get started!…

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