Character backstory is critical to a reader’s understanding of our characters. But there are ways to do it without bogging…
The WHY, WHO, WHERE, WHEN, WHAT and HOW of scenes In editing my current WIP, I found I had snippets…
The draft is done. Yay! Now it’s time for editing. When I read that someone’s manuscript is with their editor,…
Updated October 2022 I’d never heard of beta readers when I (poorly) published my first books, a fantasy trilogy. If…
Point of View (POV) – a general explanation As writers, we constantly come across explanations of the different kinds of…
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Story endings have come up a lot recently. Or maybe, as I approached the final chapters of draft one of…
Short story writing isn’t as easy as some people make it look. Early in my writing journey I threw a…
As a homework exercise for Dean Writers Circle, I suggested writing a piece in second person, present tense. Not something…
Words of wisdom from Harry Bingham at Jericho Writers. If you haven’t signed up for their newsletter at least, or…