#500wordstips from Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Frank Cottrell-Boyce is one of my favourite writers and gave my favourite conference speech ever. On twitter today he’s shared his tips for writing as part of the BBC’s 500 Words competition and they’re great. So I wanted to post them all here in one-easy-to-find blog post for future reference. I’ve just emailed the link to this page to both my kids. Thanks, Frank.

I'm going to re-post all my #500wordstips in one go now for anyone entering #500words. Here's No 1 pic.twitter.com/udNAQlp3Cv

— Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@frankcottrell_b) February 8, 2015

#500wordstip No 2 pic.twitter.com/e01u0EjJhU

— Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@frankcottrell_b) February 8, 2015

#500wordstip No 3 pic.twitter.com/I7hca0B4Py

— Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@frankcottrell_b) February 8, 2015

#500wordstip No 4 pic.twitter.com/nJUYBCp3dZ

— Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@frankcottrell_b) February 8, 2015

#500wordstip No 5 pic.twitter.com/jdhk3UCZ1H

— Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@frankcottrell_b) February 8, 2015

#500wordstip No 6 pic.twitter.com/ISCbiv6jCs

— Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@frankcottrell_b) February 8, 2015

#500wordstip No 7 pic.twitter.com/Jau5hiNopX

— Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@frankcottrell_b) February 8, 2015

#500wordstip No 8 – the one about adjectives by Roald Dahl pic.twitter.com/apqwlWsBLX

— Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@frankcottrell_b) February 8, 2015

#500wordstip No 9 pic.twitter.com/rN5Cv94LSL

— Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@frankcottrell_b) February 8, 2015

#500wordstip No 10 pic.twitter.com/ahwCkI3kBu

— Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@frankcottrell_b) February 8, 2015

#500wordstip No 11 pic.twitter.com/pBfMVR5JH1

— Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@frankcottrell_b) February 8, 2015