Rob Parnell's Writing Academy Blog

Dear Fellow Writer,   Of all the social media sites, my favorite would have to be Google+.  It's the one I look forward to opening these days. I'm not quite sure what it is that makes it different - but it seems fresh and full of inspired people interacting with conviction and integrity. And when you spend a lot of time online, as I do, that's refreshing!  BTW: I started my new author blog - and your response has been very encouraging! Go here to see: http://robparnell.blogspot.com 5 Easy Ways to Make Money Writing Rob Parnell Here are the five main writing related activities you can make money from relatively quickly:             1. Editing           2. Proofing           3. Rewriting           4...

Dear Fellow Writer, It's a terrible shame about James Gandolfini - he died so young at 51, this week in Rome.  The Sopranos will always have a special place in my heart. Tony was a character with the right mixture of dark complexity and shining humanity that is so often hard for us fiction writers to get right! First Cut - The Movie from Rob Parnell on Vimeo . Hey! Soon to be available for sale, you can now watch my short movie, FIRST CUT, for FREE - in HD - but only for today.  Click on the screen below! First Cut - The Movie from Rob Parnell on Vimeo . BTW: I'm starting a new author blog soon - one that is dedicated only to my fiction and film projects.  I want to be able to share free insights on creating fiction, give away some of my stories and films - and have a place where there's absolutely no selling in sight! Look out for that! Keep Writing! Rob@easywaytowrite.com Your Succe...

Dear Fellow Writer,   Today, I'm writing and uploading this newsletter on my tablet - really just to see whether it can be done! A long time ago I wanted to write an ebook on how to run an online empire from an Internet cafe. I never got around to it - one of those ideas you have on holiday that seems impractical once you get home. I guess today, the ebook would have to be about how to run a business empire from a mobile phone! Because, with the ongoing state of technology, soon we won't even need a desk -or a proper computer. Everything could be done via voice command through a pair of shades to remote servers via wifi. Actual writing could become a thing of the past - eventually. Scary thought. Bill Gates once said that we won't really appreciate the power of computers until we don't see them anymore... and I think he may be right. Keep Writing! Rob@easywaytowrite.com Your Success is My Concern http://easywaytowrite.com ...

Dear Fellow Writer, Great to talk to you again this week, and I hope you're feeling well and happy. Today we look at originality, and how to manifest the appearance of it in your work, especially if you're a writer, a blogger or any kind of creative artist. As always, Keep Writing! Rob@easywaytowrite.com Your Success is My Concern http://easywaytowrite.com THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE: 5 Easy Ways to be More Original Rob Parnell   People always say they want originality. Whether this is actually true or not is debatable. But many people, especially in the arts and in the media, say it anyway - like a mantra. If you're any kind of artist you'll know that what people actually want is the SAME but DIFFERENT - which, at a stretch, could...

Dear Fellow Writer, Looking around the Net, trying to get guidance as a writer, can be daunting.  There seems to be a million and one things you can't do! And for every rule, you can think of at least five fiction authors who ignore the advice - and yet remain popular and successful.  Writing shouldn't be that hard, should it? Of course we should all aspire to improving - but if we risk getting blocked then I think we should ignore the advice and just... well, keep writing (because that's how we learn the most anyway.) Oh, and on the subject of superb fiction, my beautiful and talented wife has a new book out on Kindle: THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE: Who Says Crime Doesn't Pay? Rob Parnell   I have a new writing course starting next week. That's the image associated with it - above. It's not live yet. It won't go on sale until M...