The writer's world can often be described as a lonely existence. The only company you share is with the computer or your notepad. If you are new to writing you often believe that you can go through the process alone, €I don't need any help writing this novel no one is going to understand my manuscript better than me.' You think.

Even if you become stuck you still refuse to ask for help. After all you're the writer; you're the professional what professional asks for help! You don't want to feel like a failure, so what do you do? You continue to type or scribble along knowing what you're writing doesn't seem to fit in with the rest of the story.

I remember the good old days when I was writing my first book. I actually was supposed to co-write this with a friend who didn't have a clue about writing (or so I thought).

Rather than consult her I just continued to write the book, well I'm the one that has the degree in Journalism and is more clued up with writing than she was. But surprise, surprise I still needed help on various chapters, and rather than ask for her opinion I just dismissed the idea. I couldn't and didn't want to comprehend the thought of anyone else telling me what was wrong with my story.

So what did I go and do? I paid a self publishing company to print the book for me, (this was before I got a publishing contract from a traditional publisher). When the book came to my workplace at time I was extremely excited that during our lunch break I showed her the book, forgetting I was suppose to write it with her thankfully she wasn't angry she just said, €I'll take a look at it.'

The next day I was in for a shock; she ripped the story apart. I asked if she was upset with the fact I went ahead and started the book. Her response was no and she had other commitments that took up her time so she wasn't going to be involved with the book.

She was telling me this because she cared, and showed me proof of spelling and grammatical errors, even though I checked the manuscript for these over and over again. She also advised me on how I could improve upon certain chapters in the book.

€Great I just wasted all that money on getting an unfinished manuscript published,' I thought. Now if I would have asked for help in the first place I would have saved myself a couple of hundred pounds.

So what's the moral of the story? Don't get stuck in the writer's bubble, pop it open ask for help when you need it, get trusted friends, family, or agent to honestly review your work. No one's an island! You don't have to be stuck in the writer's world, remember two heads are better than one.