Top Writing Tips: Channel Your Inner Dickens Without the 500-Page Novels
Top Writing Tips: Channel Your Inner Dickens Without the 500-Page Novels Right, mate, let’s talk about writing. You’ve got the urge to write something brilliant, but sometimes it feels like staring at a blank page is harder than sitting through a five-hour Shakespeare play (trust me, even Hamlet would fall asleep). Fear not! I’m here to give you some proper good tips to get you writing like the bard himself—minus the tights and the tragic endings, of course. Keep It Concise – Less Is More Look, mate, we’re not all here to write a 1,200-page epic like War and Peace . The best writing tip I can give you? Keep it concise . You’re not trying to outdo Dickens with his three-paragraph sentences. Instead, think like Hemingway—short, snappy, and straight to the point. If he can write a whole story in six words, you can cut down your rambling. Example: Imagine telling your mate: “Went to the pub. Had a pint.” See? Efficient and to the point. Now, compare that to Dickens: “I made my way, with great de…