the write motivation?

Nov 17, 2007 | Blog

motivation to write, comes and goes. Why do we attempt to write when we’re in the moment and focused and motivated? Surely that’s the easy bit? Wouldn’t it be better to try and train ourselves to write, when we’re unmotivated? I know that with...

character profiles

Nov 11, 2007 | Blog

Looks like a good idea for figuring out characters: http://www.epiguide.com/ep101/writing/charchart.html .

mental preparation

Nov 11, 2007 | Blog

I’ve decided to go for the whole novel in a month thing, starting at xmas and ploughing through january. I know it’ll be hard and I know it’ll be rubbish, but it’ll be my first draft, done and dusted and ready for a rewrite. I hope I can keep...

No plot, no problem

Nov 3, 2007 | Blog

well I’m still writing. That’s a pleasant surprise. Cause I thought I’d have given up by now. I’m not writing one thing however, but everything, and I’m still enjoying sitting in cafés on saturdays and the odd weekdays with a biro and...

Apparently… I’m writing.

Oct 12, 2007 | Blog

It appears that I’m writing writing what, I don’t know yet, cause I don’t even like reading. But I’ve found myself over the course of the last few months, to be writing. And… much to my surprise, I’m writing a crime story. I...