…In a giant, amorphous mess of a list…
Different Things You Need To Know (About Your Story) Before Writing
When You Really Want To Create Something But Just CAN’T
On Relearning How To Write Regularly
This Is Your Official Permission To Not Write Every Day
On Structuring Plot – a list of useful resources
My Absolute Favourite Resource On Story Structure
Using Kickstarter To Fund Fiction
How To Paragraph & Punctuate Dialogue
How To Build A World From The Ground Up: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Beat Sheets: An Outlining Resource
What To Do When You Accidentally Wrote A Middle Grade Book – a discussion on genre in general
Drawer Novels (when to give up on a book)
Look, Ma! I Aten’t Ded! (on being patient with your writing journey)
How Scene Endings Impact Story
Honesty In Writing (aka Write What You Know)
5 Ways Writing Is Good For You
Captain Obvious (On Editing Your Own Work)
How To Deal With Recalcitrant Characters
It’s About That Time – hating your own work as part of the creative cycle
All That’s Worthwhile Is Difficult
On The Cost Of Making Art (Why Art-Makers Should Be Paid)
Happy = Unrealistic (a rant about endings and value judgements)
Life-Changed Advice For Artists Of All Stripes – how the way that you choose to practise influences how quickly your skills improve
Practising In Public 1 and Practising In Public 2
The Circularity Of Time, Or Thinking You Suck Is Integral To The Creative Process
Dear Amy – on being motivated to write
Top 5 Writing Books For Writing Peoples
Worldbuilding + Self/Small/Large Publishing (a video interview with me & Liana)
Bookmark This For When You Need Encouragement
An Ode To Scrivener (writing software)
You Can’t Just Cut & Paste! (on worldbuilding)
In Which I Pep Talk (on having dreams and following them)
Caught Up With Following The Rules
Barney of StoryComics has interviewed me three times (so far). There might be useful things in there for writers? Interview 1 (Jan 2021), interview 2 (Apr 2021), interview 3 (Jan 2022).
A series on plotting: Part 1 (My Biggest Flaw As A Writer), Part 2 (Beat Sheets), Part 3 (Case Study: How Not To Take Over The World), Part 4 (Live Replot – a video), Part 5 (It’s A Wrap)
HOW TO THEME: Introduction, Chapter 1 (The Point Of A Text), Chapter 2a (Thesis Statements), Chapter 2b (Thesis Statements), Chapter 3 (Quotes Are Usually Themes), Chapter 4a (Theme In Fables), Chapter 4b (Theme In Fables), Chapter 5a (Finding Themes), Chapter 5b (Finding Themes), Chapter 6 (Sub-themes), Chapter 7a (Theme + You), Chapter 7b (Theme + You), Chapter 8 (Recognising Patterns), Chapter 9 (Memory Aids), Chapter 10 (Social Cooperation), Chapter 11 (Power Structures), Chapter 12 (Empathy), Conclusion.
Showing Versus Telling, The Human Psyche, Grindelwald, and Abuse
AND SOME VERY OLD POSTS…
What It Means To Write (all writing is meaningful)