Archive - Writing Tips With Nikesh Shukla

On Self Defence

A brown friend once passed on some thermonuclear advice from their therapist to our group chat.

Aug 5, 2024 •

New Novel Writing Scholarship Announcement

Aug 12, 2021 •

I Think About You Every Day. Come Home.

A Grief Diary...

May 12, 2024 •

Writing Tips #1: What's It Really About?

Free weekly writing tips and prompts from Shuks

Oct 7, 2019 •

Your Story Matters...

May 12, 2020 •

Ka-Donk: The Sound That Might Save Me One Day

On failsafes and noses.

May 24, 2023 •

On The Treadmill

Slowing down is sometimes the best way to get those creative juices flowing, right?

Mar 7, 2023 •

Summer Mentoring Opportunity

I'm taking on three mentees of colour this summer. Details to apply within.

May 15, 2021 •

Last Week... I Met Larry David

A newsletter about writing, the writer's life, books I'm reading and shows I'm watching.

Oct 11, 2022 •

Last Week I Gave Up

On first drafts, unusable pages and the difference between typing and writing

Nov 16, 2022 •

I used to take rejections so personally, and while they do sting still, I've come to realise, the hard way, that they're not always about me.

Feb 28, 2023 •

A new fortnightly newsletter of writerly advice I've come across...

Apr 12, 2021 •

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