Kim Montgomery

Writing a perfect ending is hard. Is it the most excruciatingly difficult part of the writing process? Is it the most hair-pulling, mind-...

Is there a single perfect novel opening? No. Is there a single winning formula to your perfect novel opening? No. There are, however, ver...

Let’s face it: every writer, no matter what stage of the writing journey they’re on, has experienced those moments when their...

Every writer knows the feeling of the dreaded blinking cursor on a blank page, the weight of expectation, and the creeping dread of write...

I recently started a book club. I started it because a friend of mine, another mum at the school my kids go to, told me she wanted to rea...

People write for many different reasons. Last year, we asked over 70,000 of our users why they write, and the results were very interesti...

Let me be very clear about this: there is no famous first line of a not-famous novel. Opening lines only stand up on their own when a pie...

I’ve been reading a book lately and the first chapter had me question the way I write and edit my work. I wanted to share with you ...

We are not the experts on NaNoWriMo. We are not even the experts on writing. We are certainly not the experts on writing during NaNoWriMo...

Somehow, it’s almost that time of year again. Brush off your laptops and pick up your pencils, because National Novel Writing Month (NaNo...