On the Ninth Day Of Christmas

... the best writing advice Ian Winwood gave to me

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Good morning to you all, and here we are on Day Nine of my Twelve Days of Christmas Writing Advice.

Last night was very special indeed as it was the first of my creative writing clubs. I was so thrilled at the turn-out and I’m hoping everyone found it useful. Please do leave a comment below and let us know what you thought, and I’ll be sending a post out to White Ink members next week who weren’t able to make it so they won’t miss out on all the topics discussed.

Anyway, back to business and today for Day Nine, I’m thrilled to say we have Ian Winwood sharing his pearls of wisdom with you.

Ian is a music journalist, newspaper columnist and author of four books including Bodies: Life and Death in Music. Regular readers may recognise Ian from his brilliant music curation for The Book Room which you can check out here, and also there is this chat Ian and I had about his work and the books he chose that you can watch here.

Over the last nine days you have heard some brilliant advice from some equally brilliant authors (and don’t forget there are still three more days to go!), and Ian is no exception. But today Ian is taking things back to basics with an important reminder that every writer – even the most experienced – needs to hear every now and then.

And so, over to Ian: