How can you ensure that the information you’re writing is reasonably reliable?

An ideas notebook has held me in good stead all these years. Every time I had a brainwave, which always happens at odd times, I recorded it in the ideas notebook.

Don’t be disheartened if you don’t get it first time right

I outline a story before I write it. Many writers do this. It helps you focus on what you want to write and stick to it throughout the piece.

Having someone read out your words to you is a fantastic way to see what you might not while reading.

If there is a trick you use in your writing, there’s likely a name for that.

I’ve long held that there are two kinds of people in the world — those that use punctuation out of place in texts and those who don’t.

If you don’t like a piece of writing, rewrite it.

Sometimes, writing can be scary and paralysing. On those days, try writing on spec. We’ll see.

If you open up a lot of tabs as part of your *research*, here are some tricks from Neeru.