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Month: April 2019

Developing an idea

If you’ve been following my blog or my twitter feed, you’ll have picked up on my seemingly lengthy process for planning a novel. I use…

The anatomy of subtext

I keep reading other writers say, “Don’t use on the nose dialog.” I’ve taken seminars on “The psychology of subtext”, and essentially the seminars say…

Does this scene NEED to be in this novel?

One of the phrases I heard a lot when I was in that strange phase between writing my fourth novel and learning how to write…

Why Most Writers Get Rejected By Publishers

Still going through my impressions from the writer’s convention! I want to make sure my fellow authors know I am not criticizing them – but…

Surprising Reasons You Need a Literary Agent

Fact from the writer’s convention – 100% of the people I have talked to either did not have a literary agent, or had tried to…

The Secret Behind Writing Fiction

I’ve been digesting all the lessons learned from the writer’s convention. I encourage all of you to attend one, whether you have any manuscripts ready…

Lessons Learned From a Writer’s Convention

I attended my first writer’s convention the other day. No, I’m not kidding! It’s actually funny – I’ve been too busy writing to get involved…

The Antagonist

Today we live in a post-modern world, where people have somehow deduced – against all the rules of logic – that right and wrong are…

Why Learning Story Structure Benefits you

Good news – this isn’t an April Fools day joke, because you’re about sick of them. What one thing do you need to learn to…