I had hoped by now to share an update about my Sekrit Project; but until there’s something solid, I can’t. I keep getting to the final stage and then something lets it down. Sometimes that something is me, and sometimes …
Blockages in your Writing
I don’t believe in writer’s block. Or muses. Well, at least not the kind which come to offer inspiration. In short, I don’t believe in the mystical excuses of writers. I don’t think there exists any ethereal form which blocks your …
Story Structure Tools
Sometimes writers fall into trappings of their own enthusiasm (see also: madness). With this being something like my seventh major re-write of Planes Shifter, I’m trying not to make the same mistakes as my last draft. If I’m going to …
Hitting The Wall
At the weekend, I analysed my novel and found that I had 18 subplots: which explains why I’ve had to do so many editing “passes.” Even 250k epics don’t have 18 subplots in the first 100k – Which is why …
Balancing Learning: Writing versus Studying Writing
Since 2009, I have started eight novels and two novellas. I have finished drafts of five of them. Three I will never look at again (not to edit or salvage, anyway — maybe to learn from them). In terms of major …
An Example of Tension
This week, my other half introduced me to the Batman Movies. *Spoiler Alert* In The Dark Knight Rises, there is a scare that no one must cross this particular bridge. We’ve been following Police Officer Blake, who knows that irrespective …