10 Books to Help You Get Your Novel Written
We all need inspiration to get into the writing habit. The following books are off my shelves and I found myself dragging them out whilst researching for my 30 Days to Better Writing Habits course. You can watch the videos here. And here’s a sneak preview of my upcoming book, based on what I learned…
Read Full PostWords on the Page: Trusting in the Writing Process
Once you’ve got something on the page, y0u have something to work on. Anything that prevents you getting those first words on the page has to be avoided. High expectations and thinking about the finished product rather than the task at hand can have a paralysing effect on those first words. Kate Grenville, The Writing…
Read Full PostDrafting Your Novel Doesn’t Need To Be Hard
With the proliferation of ‘How to Write a Novel’ courses lately you can be forgiven in thinking that writing a novel requires all kind of expertise before you begin. This is not the case. Writing is an exploratory process and only by writing can you find out what it is you’re trying to say. In…
Read Full Post30 Days to Better Writing Habits: Day 1 – The Blank Page
Why is the blank page so terrifying? I’m guessing it has less to do with filling the page with words and more to do with committing to actually starting a project. For the next thirty days I’ll be running a mini-workshop series over at our Writer on the Road Facebook page and it would be great…
Read Full PostMy Year of Living The Writing Dream in Review
It’s that time of the year where we’re all being bombarded with the amazing achievements of others and it’s those same others who are already neck deep in even bigger plans for 2018. I don’t know about you but I’m still recovering from my year of living the writing dream that seems to have gotten…
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