International Wizarding School Championship

The Wizarding World News Headmistress ApplicationsJudges PicksWriting School with AshCreative Corner with HemlockDear Arthur Weasley with AccioMurder Mystery with LunLeague Table Follow all important events of the International Wizarding School Championship here in the Wizarding World News. We also have a live Twitter feed, Facebook and an Instagram account for you to get day by day…

Season Four – Issue Six

The Wizarding World News Writing School with AshCreative Corner with HemlockDear Severus Snape with VerityCompetition Queries with Katie AldenTeam Challenge with LunLeague Table Follow all important events of the International Wizarding School Championship here in the Wizarding World News. We also have a live Twitter feed, Facebook and an Instagram account for you to get day by day…

Season Four – Issue Five

The Wizarding World News Judges’ PicksWriting School with AshCreative Corner with HemlockDear Severus Snape with VerityBeta How To with AccioLeague Table Follow all important events of the International Wizarding School Championship here in the Wizarding World News. We also have a live Twitter feed, Facebook and an Instagram account for you to get day by day updates. Judges’ Picks Year 1:…

Season Four – Issue Four

The Wizarding World News Writing School with AshCreative Corner with HemlockDear Severus Snape with VerityCompetition Queries with Katie AldenTeam Challenge with RuhiBeta How To with AccioLeague Table Follow all important events of the International Wizarding School Championship here in the Wizarding World News. We also have a live Twitter feed, Facebook and an Instagram account for you to get…

Season Four – Issue Three

The Wizarding World News Writing School with AshCreative Corner with HemlockDear Severus Snape with VerityCompetition Queries with Katie AldenTeam Challenge with RuhiBeta How To with AccioLeague Table Follow all important events of the International Wizarding School Championship here in the Wizarding World News. We also have a live Twitter feed, Facebook and an Instagram account for you to get…

The Wizarding World News Judges’ PicksWriting School with AshCreative Corner with HemlockDear Severus Snape with VerityCompetition Queries with Katie AldenTeam Challenge with LunLeague Table Follow all important events of the International Wizarding School Championship here in the Wizarding World News. We also have a live Twitter feed, Facebook and an Instagram account for you to get day by day…

Season 4 has begun, welcome to the first installment of this seasons blog!

The Wizarding World News Writing School with AshCreative Corner with HemlockDear Severus Snape with VerityCompetition Queries with Katie AldenTeam Challenge with RuhiBeta How To with AccioLeague Table Follow all important events of the International Wizarding School Championship here in the Wizarding World News. We also have a live Twitter feed, Facebook and an Instagram account for you to get…

The New HeadmistressAn Interview with the HootiesIWSC AwardsAn Interview with the HoggiesTrivia and Puzzle WinnersCreative Corner Winners Follow all important events of the International Wizarding School Championship here in the Wizarding World News. We also have a live Twitter feed, Facebook and an Instagram account for you to get day by day updates! The new headmistress is… As you know, we…

Season Three Issue Seven

PromptsHandy HintsWriting SchoolTrivia and PuzzlesCreative CornerDear Aunt MollyInterviewsLair of Madam PinceCharacter InterviewsWriting Q and A with AshLeague Table Follow all important events of the International Wizarding School Championship here in the Wizarding World News. We also have a live Twitter feed, Facebook and an Instagram account for you to get day by day updates! Prompts –…

Season Three – Issue Six

PromptsHandy HintsWriting SchoolTrivia and PuzzlesCreative CornerDear Aunt MollyInterviewsLair of Madam PinceCharacter InterviewsWriting Q and A with AshLeague Table Follow all important events of the International Wizarding School Championship here in the Wizarding World News. We also have a live Twitter feed, Facebook and an Instagram account for you to get day by day…

Season Three – Issue Five

PromptsHandy HintsWriting SchoolTrivia and PuzzlesCreative CornerDear Aunt MollyInterviewsLair of Madam PinceCharacter InterviewsWriting Q and A with AshLeague Table Follow all important events of the International Wizarding School Championship here in the Wizarding World News. We also have a live Twitter feed, Facebook and an Instagram account for you to get day by day updates! Prompts Colour…

THE IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD SUMMARY

A summary’s job is to convince potential readers to give your story a shot. Unless you have a gaggle of adoring fans who devour everything you write, your story’s summary is the only thing that will make people want to read your fic. No matter how unique your story is, the synopsis is the gateway, and it has to be just as good as—if not better than—what’s beyond. That’s a lot of pressure to put…

Season Three Issue Four

PromptsHandy HintsWriting SchoolTrivia and PuzzlesCreative CornerDear Aunt MollyInterviewsLair of Madam PinceCharacter InterviewsWriting Q and A with AshLeague Table Follow all important events of the International Wizarding School Championship here in the Wizarding World News. We also have a live Twitter feed, Facebook and an Instagram account for you to get day by day updates! Prompts This…

Find all of your answered writing questions here! Getting into character Dealing with characterisation in an AU Figuring out plot How to come up with original story ideasHow to keep control of your plotHow to write a short story Grammar Master Capitalising potion namesImprove your SPaG (spelling, punctuation, and grammar)Italicising spellsQuotes within dialogueSentence fragments Writing…

Show, Don’t Tell

Q How to show not tell? I keep getting told this, but I don’t know how to use it in my writing. A Telling is what you do when you inform your friends of something that happened to you (I went here and did that. Then something happened, and I felt a certain way about it). You’re sharing the knowledge of the experience without letting your friends experience it through your retelling. One of…

Flashbacks and Alternate POV

Q FFNet does not always create a friendly reading atmosphere for italics or bold text.  When transitioning to a different perspective or a flashback, what are some alternatives, and what are some tips you can give for using them effectively?  A It isn’t just on fanfiction.net that you want to avoid writing whole paragraphs in italics or bold text. Editors working on soon-to-be-published…

How to Improve Your SPaG

Q How do you become better at SPaG, especially if you’ve been out of formal English/grammar classes for years? A I never paid attention in English class, so my SPaG is almost entirely self-taught. Fortunately, you don’t need to buy a book or take classes; all you need is an internet connection. I used Grammarly for grammar, GrammarBook for punctuation, and Grammar Monster for spelling, but…