SHOULD I INCLUDE A PROLOGUE IN MY NOVEL?
It's a funny thing how many contemporary fiction writers love to include a prologue in their novels. Because the majority of readers hate...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Sep 21
- 3 min
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: WILL IT HELP MY WRITING?
You and I have been sucked into the virtual world of the Internet and digital applications by promises to make our lives easy,...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Jun 15
- 4 min
"OH NO, I CAN'T WRITE THAT!!"
During an editorial discussion with a client, I suggested a group of ‘good’ characters in her novel manuscript would be a lot more...
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Lynne Lloyd
- May 7
- 3 min
WHEN MOTHERS WRITE ABOUT MOTHERS
Lynne and grandson Tailyn Pieters, 3 days old Some things in life never leave us. Our mother’s love for one. It is sealed within the...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Apr 28
- 4 min
What can ChatGPT do for Me and My Writing?
Hey, I’m excited! As a writer, what can ChatGPT do for me? At our Helensvale Writers Group meeting in April, we participated in an...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Apr 16
- 3 min
DOES HOPE SPRING ETERNAL FOR WRITERS?
Paradise Point, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia ‘Hope springs eternal!’ So said Alexander Pope in his 1734 poem ‘An Essay on Man.’ What...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Mar 31
- 4 min
HOW TO WRITE LIKE AN ARTIST PAINTS
'Dancers Tying Shoes,' Edgar Degas, 1883 It's not unusual to come across writers who paint and painters who write. I have close friends...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Mar 6
- 3 min
WORDS REVEAL THE POET AND THE MAN
I took it for granted my father loved me. In my family we didn’t run around every day saying, “I love you.” He showed his love in the...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Mar 3
- 4 min
FOR WRITERS: THE POWER OF PATIENCE AND HUMILITY
How many hundreds of practice dives did it take this champion diver to reach his peak level of performance? I can imagine him feeling...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Jan 6
- 3 min
BEYOND FRUSTRATION TO PUBLISHING SUCCESS
In this article, I will discuss how self-publishing can be a productive route into securing a traditional publishing deal....
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Lynne Lloyd
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
WHY DO WE WRITE?
We write for many and various reasons. Often we have something inside us which is burning to be released. Some writers are natural...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Nov 18, 2022
- 3 min
WHY SELF-EDITING HELPS US BECOME BETTER WRITERS
In recent weeks, I attended an excellent workshop on self-editing for writers presented by a senior editor with a wealth of experience...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Oct 30, 2022
- 2 min
WHEN SHOULD I ENGAGE A PROFESSIONAL EDITOR?
The more I edit, the more I realise a fundamental truth about editing. Most of the time, an author engages a professional editor only...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Sep 21, 2022
- 2 min
SAD CHARACTERS SAY SO MUCH
It crept up on me, I turned another page, and it leapt off the page. Every single one of the characters in the novel I am reading is sad....
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Lynne Lloyd
- Aug 27, 2022
- 2 min
LABELLING WRITERS AS HACKS GETS MY HACKLES UP
At present I am reading an excellent book about self-editing for writers which contains many practical tips, techniques and examples...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Aug 11, 2022
- 3 min
GIVING FEEDBACK, WRITER TO WRITER
How does one walk across an active minefield? Most people don’t rush across it hoping by some lucky chance to make it across with their...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Jul 10, 2022
- 3 min
THE END OF CREATIVITY?
At what age does our creativity end? This is one of those impossible ‘How long is a piece of string’ questions. It is not possible to...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Jul 3, 2022
- 4 min
BLOW AWAY YOUR SELF-DOUBTS AND WRITE - Part Two
In Part 1 of this article, we looked at some of the psychological and physiological reasons why we become 'stuck,” unable to move forward...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Jun 25, 2022
- 2 min
LOVE IS BLIND. SO ARE WRITERS.
I feel sure that you have fallen in love once, twice, perhaps many times. Falling in love is a deliciously giddy experience. You feel...
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Lynne Lloyd
- Jun 12, 2022
- 3 min
BLOW AWAY YOUR SELF-DOUBTS AND WRITE - Part One
Something knocks us a little sideways. Perhaps it is a series of things. You didn’t make the long list for the short story competition....
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