Recently, I searched for a writers group. I wanted one with writers more experienced than me, and I now meet monthly with a group that includes two screenwriters with three decades of experience each, and a published non-fiction author. I submitted the first two chapters of my current WiP for review. I hate anyone reading …
I’ve been stressing over a short story
My publisher is releasing a series of short stories this year. We were all asked to submit, but at time of writing this blog, I still haven't finished mine. I have two distinct versions, neither making it to the minimum word count. I challenged myself to write something light with no weird Kevin-style twists. When …
The cliff hanger
Do you round up your chapters or add a cliff hanger? This was a question posed by someone using the #writingcommunity hashtag on Twitter. My answer is that I initially rounded up chapters until an editor made me stop. Her reasoning was that if you round up your chapters into neatly self contained stories, then a …
Plotting love affairs and break ups
One WIP has been submitted, one is on the back-burner and one I've just started plotting. I'm taking my time with this. With my other two works in progress I found I plotted too quickly, then went back and tried to expand them. One of them paces well, so I changed my mind and submitted …
A Scriverner Newbie
For my birthday I treated myself to Scriverner after an author friend raved about it. For those who don't know it, it's software for writers. I'm still a newbie, but I can already see that Scriverner and I are going to be great friends. In the past I'd find photos to represent my characters and write …
Plotter or Pantser?
I was asked this question for an author interview recently and had to look it up, even though I worked out what it meant without quite knowing how pantser worked into the concept. For those still uninitiated, a plotter plots their books before they type a single letter, and a pantser flies by the seat of …
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