Deadline day
Only 35 days ago I committed the deadline of 5 October to have this latest draft complete. There were some (many) moments along those 35 days that I doubted my …
Novel writing
Why procrastination can be helpful
After a two days slogging at the editing, my mind has started to wander. One of the difficulties of being left home alone to edit over half of my manuscript …
Shhh, I’m editing
They’ve all left. Hubby, Mr 14-year-old, and Mr 12-year-old have just driven off for three nights. Three whole nights. Mr 16-year-old is sunning himself in some remarkable national park with …
The hard slogÂ
Looking at this gorgeous tree it’s hard to believe editing your own manuscript could be hard. I’m lying on our trampoline, just woken from a snooze and early spring sun …
On a drafting roll
I’ve started Draft 4. This probably means nothing to most people, but to other aspiring and published authors, you know where I am. On Sunday I sat down to write …
Facing off criticism
“If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.” Malcom X Criticism is hard. I don’t know anyone who gets excited about criticism. But it’s what we do with the …
Back on track
It’s been a chaotic year to say the least, and having some deadlines is helpful in providing distractions. These last few weeks I have been back at uni (RMIT) and …
Silvia Kwon’s take on writing
One of the great joys of doing the RMIT Professional Writing and Editing Associate Degree program is the connections made. As a part of on of the Developing a Writing …
Kurt Vonnegut’s Shapes of Stories
In my pursuit of story knowledge, I found this cool graphic. It explores Kurt Vonnegut’s thesis of the story shape, and how the character’s ups and downs reveal the shape. …