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Yes, it’s the writing advice every author gives and almost no-one actually follows. After all, modern life is busy, and who has the time to literally dedicate part of every day to writing? But wait! The reason that ‘write every day’ gets trumpeted so often is because it’s an effective way to write that isn’t actually as hard as it sounds. That’s why, in this article, I’ll be telling you exactly …
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The first draft of your book is where the ‘writing’ really begins. You can spend years imagining a story – planning out the setting, building up the world, marinating in the minds of your characters – but until there are words on a page, it’s all theoretical. This is why authors, editors, and agents alike give budding writers the same advice; start writing. None of the rest of it matters until you …
[Read more...] about Is It Better To Be A Hopper Or A Marcher?
Ask most authors for their advice on storytelling and, sooner or later, they’re likely to get to the subject of conflict. To many writers, conflict is the basic unit of story – the thing that turns a series of events into an actual narrative – often more important than setting, characters, and even narrative cohesion. After all, you can lose all of those features and still write something that …
[Read more...] about Can You Really Tell A Compelling Story Without Conflict?
When it comes to writing advice, no-one can claim there’s a deficit. If anything, writers are inundated with advice, whether from luminary authors, fellow writers, or helpful editors (not to mention informative blogs – obviously the best and most trustworthy of the bunch.) But with all that volume comes a lack of curation; sure, everyone wants to tell you how to improve your craft, how to edit …
[Read more...] about Escape Bad Writing Advice By Acting Like A Doctor
Though its origins are often misattributed, the phrase ‘may you live in interesting times’ is one of those idioms that may not quite make sense the first time you hear it – what kind of a curse is that? – but which gains genuine malevolence as context accrues around it. Here we are, living in interesting times, all hoping that things get boring again very, very soon. As COVID-19 spreads around …
[Read more...] about What You Need To Know About Writing During A Pandemic
In part 1 of this article (available here) we looked at some of the plot twists that only the bravest of authors should attempt in their writing – the type of high-risk, high-reward narrative developments that you need real guts to implement in your story. We talked false protagonists, hidden identities, dishonest narrators, and the surprising rewards of the major time jump. Well, today …
[Read more...] about 6 Daring Plot Twists To Try In Your Writing – Part 2
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