
How to Research Before Writing that Book
Posted 14/05/2013 in On Writing
If you haven’t grasped it yet, everything you write needs to be researched! At first glance, that may seem to be a pretty sweeping statement, and to a point, it is.
How to Research Before Writing that Book
Posted 14/05/2013 in On Writing
If you haven’t grasped it yet, everything you write needs to be researched! At first glance, that may seem to be a pretty sweeping statement, and to a point, it is.
Practical Advice for Beginning Fiction Writers
2 Comments - Posted 14/05/2013 in On Writing
So, you want to be a writer, eh? I’d suggest you take up golf instead. Still determined?
Planning and Writing your Novel
1 Comment - Posted 14/05/2013 in On Writing
So, you have a balloon idea for a novel or you have already written one and thinking about doing another?
Posted 14/05/2013 in On Writing
After slaving over the thing for months, you finally have that treasured opus finished and you want to rush it to every publisher on the horizon. Wrong!
Point of View and Head Hopping
Posted 14/05/2013 in On Writing
Everybody is getting excited these days about head hopping in writing, and everybody is telling you how that kills a story. Perhaps, and then perhaps not.
Posted 14/05/2013 in On Writing
When someone starts talking about literature, the image that comes to mind is one of old musty books written by guys such as Balzac, Turgenjev and Dostojevski, to name but a few.
Posted 14/05/2013 in On Writing
This is how it goes. The plot thickens and the characters unravel, nights are spent over the computer pounding out the words, the final page is written at last. A spell check is done and with relief, the novel is sent to a publisher! Sounds familiar?
Posted 13/05/2013 in Blogging
A guest post by Marie Lavender