Writing books is a serious business – trust me, I’m in the middle of redrafting one right now – and when it comes to the best apps for writing books, there are so many options out there it can be hard to know where to start. Some of these apps can be a great alternative to using a standard writing software, like Google Docs or Word, and some of them are designed specifically to make sure you don’t end up […]

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So, you’ve successfully managed to avoid your social commitments to sit down and write something. After combing through it to check the grammar and that there isn’t a trail of letters from when you fell asleep on your keyboard, what’s the next step? You need to find somewhere to submit your writing online. The online writing community is bigger and better than ever before; one Google search later and you could find your new literary home. However, it might be […]

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One of the most important parts of being a writer is being able to research your craft. Writing a fantasy series? Time to dust off the Tolkien. Looking to write some trippy sci fi short stories? Flick through some Philip K. Dick. However, sometimes learning what you can about writing can be more nuanced than this. How do you workshop a scene? Does your story have too many tropes? Don’t worry, there are YouTube channels which can help cover this […]

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How is your writing going at the moment? I’ll be honest and say that mine personally could have been better this last month or so. I started the year strongly and have reached a bit of a dip. The thing that always helps me to get out of a slump is to get inspired by someone else, be it asking a friend who is busy with their words if I can read for them, or reading a book about writing […]

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Hobbies are the thing that keep a lot of people sane, whether they play tennis, climb mountains, paint portraits or write stories. We all need something that isn’t work or the basic day-to-day struggle of staying alive to keep our brains happy and functioning. And because we are all only human, we want to be good at the things that we do. Or maybe not – we don’t have to be the best piano player there ever was. We just […]

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Music is a language we speak without ever being taught. There are so many different purposes for it, so many ways of creating it, and so many opinions about it, but we all speak it. Films are especially good at employing music to play on our emotions and drive their big impact scenes. I’ve only watched one film with no music at all, a French film called Tomboy, and to start with it was such a jarring experience. So what […]

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By now, the start of February, you have probably settled into whatever new writing routine you promised yourself that you would stick to this year. (Or maybe you haven’t, I’m not judging). Whatever state your writing life is in right now, there are always things that we need a bit of help with to make it better. I’ve collected together seven great apps for writers that could go some way towards helping you meet your goals for the year, and […]

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Many of us writers go into the New Year with good intentions about writing more, and maybe even submitting it for publication – the dream. To help you get started on your resolutions, we’ve put together some tips for better proofreading that should save you time and help you get on your way to better writing this year.   1. Proofreading is not the same thing as editing Editing is all about reading your work critically, and checking for things […]

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A lot of people make New Year’s Resolutions to write more, and some even decide that they are going to submit for publication. Each type of writing has its own rules and norms when it comes to submitting to magazines and websites, but the more you practice, the better you will get at it. Here are our top five general tips for submitting creative writing and poetry – these apply to our Short Stories department here at Cultured Vultures, but […]

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"It sounds simple in theory, but the simple mistakes are the easiest to make."

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"There is no right way to write. It's something you'll hear people repeat over and over, especially in writing advice articles, but I almost feel like we should repeat it more."

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Whether it's a college paper, a novel, a speech or something else entirely, we'll help you get it done fast with our top five tips.

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Just a few days ago, I did something I've been struggling to do since college. I typed “End” at the end of a completed novel.

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B. Diehl is our Poet of the Month for March 2017. Of course we had to bend his ear for an interview.

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It is 2017! As you begin yet another year, you may be looking back thinking about all the writing you would have liked to have done last year, but for some reason didn’t. Well, 2017 is here and with it a chance to start afresh, take on new challenges and to set yourself new goals to achieve. Now, here’s the thing: there’s no point setting yourself goals that you know you can’t achieve. So, try setting yourself a goal that’s […]

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