Blake Snyder’s story beats have proved useful to me in the past in helping me structure a longer piece of fiction. In my current work in progress, I’m using them to structure a thriller of sorts. But I have been writing horror on the side too. Snyder’s structure doesn’t quite work for horror though. NotContinue reading “Scare the Cat”
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The Lies We Writers Tell Ourselves
Tale Foundry released the second in a new series of writing tips a few days ago while I was being rained on in Northumbria. Having watched it, the Tale Foundry group hits on several lies that have snuck into my thinking in the past What do you think of this video? Anything they should haveContinue reading “The Lies We Writers Tell Ourselves”
NaNoWriMo Cometh!
The Importance of Realistic Goals National Novel Writing Month – those words often send a chill down the spine of any writer who has tried the challenge before. Thirty one days. Fifty thousand words. Sounds doable. Having done one of these challenges before, though, and not working a traditional 9-5 job (more like a 8-6Continue reading “NaNoWriMo Cometh!”
‘Polishing ‘
I am currently editing a novella for older children at the moment – a horror story with a mysterious curse. I am not an expert in revising and editing (or Turd Polishing, I call it), but I do know how t read up on it and apply what I have researched. The first useful pieceContinue reading “‘Polishing ‘”
Accept that there will be good writing days and bad writing days
I’ve been looking through writing advice for years now. One of the pieces of advice I recently read struck a cord with me what with my current difficulties of fitting writing into my busy work life. Even GRRM has good and bad writing days it seems. It makes you think, too, that maybe all ourContinue reading “Accept that there will be good writing days and bad writing days”
I’m not dead!
“Pardon me for living, I’m sure. ” No one gets pardoned for living.” Mort, 1987 – Terry Pratchet I’m not dead. I promise. And I’m not undead either! I have just been so very busy with life. I went back to work as a Primary School teacher and had some slack to pick up whichContinue reading “I’m not dead!”
Imagine Erratically 