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Why the StoryGrid Podcast makes for painful listening

Mar 8, 2018 | during

Tim Grahl is being mentored to write his novel with expert editor Shawn Coyne – and it makes for painful listening. Regular listeners of the show have been following Tim writing his novel, submitting it to Shawn, getting feedback, and going back to the drawing...

Mistakes I Make When Writing Fast First Drafts

Sep 9, 2017 | during, editing

The point I want to make is usually at the end of the sentence because I’m thinking things up as I go. This means a lot of rewriting because the sentence is clunky. I know I shouldn’t leave it like that but I often do. Echoing headwords. Too many sentences...

6 solid examples of Show, Don’t Tell

Nov 10, 2016 | during

I recently put together a list of examples for a Show, Don’t Tell topic for my writing group, and thought I’d share them here for my own reference and other people to enjoy: We all know what it is: Telling the reader something, when you could show it...

Writing a Twist: If I’m surprised, will the reader be? #amwriting

Aug 1, 2016 | during

‘Something odd happened today,’ I told my girlfriend. ‘I created a twist for my story.’ She sort of winced, as if I was sticking a needle in to draw some blood. ‘Is it like a twist which makes you groan, sigh, or…?’ ‘No,...

Domain purchases. Writing by numbers, and kicking my own ass…

Jul 2, 2016 | during, skate

Just a quick update to say that I’m heavily into the numbers at the moment. the countdown days the daily wordcount hitting my session targets watching my deadine loom closer setting my alarm clock for each mornings writing book 1, 2, & 3 planned out All this...