Writing Advice – Craft & Process
Collecting the posts I’ve written about the craft and process of writing
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Boost Your Fiction: The Power of Objects and Objectives
What’s the difference between a messy story and a great one? Often,…
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Don’t Write What You Love
My birthday is the 18th of March. The anniversary of my father’s…
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Raymond Chandler’s Lists
One of my favourite pages from Raymond Chandler’s notebooks, where he plans…
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Making First Moves
This morning I’m pondering the right first move to bed into my…
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Greet The Day
My desk is a disaster zone at the moment. A jagged landscape…
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You Have Solved This Problem Before
Elizabeth George writes a journal for every novel, logging thoughts, ideas, and…
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The Writers Dilemma
Some weeks, everything works smoothly. You stick to your routine, your projects…
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Behind The Scenes On A Cover Redesign
Last year I did a new cover for Alan Baxter’s Shadow Bites:…
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The Habit of Faking It
Most days, I’m faking it here on the blog. My mission statement…
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STEAL THIS IDEA: Zombie Mode Task List!
I’m a big fan of running playbooks to take decision making off…
