Recent content by claras

I did their plain language course (for business writing) many, many years ago. It was brilliant. Really shaped my business writing style at the time. I suspect that is also why my creative writing style tends to be quite plain and straight-forward! Nice to see a South African resource being...

I am writing a very traditional fantasy novel (9 - 12 yrs) as well as a set of short stories about two dogs that can be read to smaller kids (2-5 yrs). It would be great to have someone read some of my humble efforts, say, once a week and give me feedback! I will do the same. Email, please...

Thanks CupofJoe :) I feel welcome already.

I read only the first book, mostly due to the exact same sentiments being voiced by my husband, who was a couple of books further in the series. Having said that, I often recall the Wizard's First Rule when I wonder why the world works the way it does.

In my opinion, your first attempt at providing information should be through action or interaction or dialogue (but only if the dialogue doesn't feel forced). If there is really no way that you can provide background information using these, perhaps indulging in a brief paragraph that is...

My favourite scene: where Hiccup tries to touch Toothless but he growls, so Hiccup looks away and just puts up his hand, and Toothless moves a bit forward, then waits, then slowly nuzzles his nose into Hiccup's hand. I still get a knot in my throat when I watch this (which is often, having a...

I'm Clara from Cape Town. I'm about three chapters into a kid's novel filled with dragons, fairies, talking animals and pirates. Yes, I know, I know, nothing new there but I try to keep it fresh. That's if I can get my bum glued to my chair! Writing is hard! Hopefully being part of a forum will...