Rob Parnell's Writing Academy Blog

Dear Fellow Writer, I've been building a free app for mobiles and tablets. To be honest it's a bit of challenge for me - and is probably a bit of a mess at the moment. I'd like your feedback. If you want, you can see what I have so far HERE . (Only click on the link if you're using a mobile or a tablet!) Keep writing! THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE: How to Structure a Story Rob Parnell Easy Way to Write subscribers often ask me if there's a structure they can use for stories that works pretty much every time. Yes, would be my answer. I suggest a few in my genre writing courses - but there's always room for flexibility and a degree of originality.  Plus, you often need to come up with something yourself before you have any real attachment to it. Having said that, here's the process I often use for constructing a story. Generally I'll come up with an idea or something interesting will occur to me - usually

Dear Fellow Writer, Take a look at my new channel trailer on YouTube: It's just a short 'hello' kind of thing. YT only let you have a minute or less, so it's hard to know what to say and what to leave out. Anyway, I'd love to know what you think. Keep writing! THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE:   You Already Know What To Do Rob Parnell   People are always asking me if there's a surefire road to success. And, if one exists, can I please email it to them! The fact is there as many roads to success as there

Dear Fellow Writer,  A few people have asked me this week: What is a supposed writing guru doing suddenly putting out all this music? What can I say? Just toying with my roots I guess. I love the idea of having my own iTunes page . And anyway, the release of "The First Cut is the Deepest" is really only a way to help promote my new movie, First Cut ... To me, it's all about writing. Books, Film, Music - they're all products of a writer's mind. And I don't like to limit my definition of what a writer does... as the article below explains.   Keep writing! THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE: Don't Limit Yourself Rob Parnell   The great thing about money is that it allows us to specialize. Instead of worrying about hunting or gathering food all day and fighting off savages to get a cave to sleep in, we can do things completely unrelated to basic survi

Dear Fellow Writer,  Trying to write through a cat this morning - he seems to think that pacing in front of my keyboard is a good way to get my attention! I think he's just trying to avoid the dog - whose wide slavering jaws are less than a few feet away! Anyway, my new single Soul On Fire was released this week - it's now available on iTunes . Just imagine - you can now own a piece of me and put it in your pocket! Here's my latest MUSIC publicity pic: The moody Rob Parnell rock and roll shot! Keep writing! The Easy Way to Write an Article Rob Parnell   Feeling a bit foggy this morning - not quite sure what to write about. Perhaps this is the perfect opportunity to explain how to write an article if you're not feeling up to it. People often email me to ask how to go about writing blogs and articles. It seems many people struggle with what to write about - and whether there's some trick to being able to write