Spending time developing your writing will help you to become a better writer.

The core craft elements you practice, the techniques you try and the increase in your subject understanding will allow you to write faster, prevent extensive editing and could even save you lots of struggle as you hit the page running.

Creative courage is not only about taking risks with your story, but also about believing your story will be worth telling before you’ve even started.

It’s important to explore how we bring courage into all aspects of our writing life, as courage is an essential tool for our toolbox.

This is where the work really begins.

You’ll need to write, read and research. Start looking for themes in your work, or big ideas you want to cover. Consider if you can turn this into a story arc with your work, and ask what journey do you want to take your reader on?

Time and space when dedicated to writing, provides results.

This is because when make a commitment, when we focus and when we surround ourselves with like-minded people, good things can happen.