Figuring out my characters

For my skateboard fiction series, I’m busy figuring out all the details which includes my characters. So far, this is what I’ve come up with: Char. 1: Stu. He loves the shit town and the crappy scene he’s surrounded by. Afraid of change and...

What if I wrote a new story?

Today I played with the ‘what if’ formula. Just starting a sentence with ‘what if…’ and seeing where it takes me. Story is a skill which can be learnt I believe, so practice makes perfect! Even if these ideas never get written the...

Books for Skaters who don’t read.

I’ve just found a great thread about books for lazy skateboarders on JenkemMag and couldn’t help to add a comment myself. I recommended FaLiL and If I Fall, If I Die but tbh, neither of them are focusing on ‘skating’ in anyway – or any of...
Writer Skateboarder Scott Hobbs Bourne

Writer Skateboarder Scott Hobbs Bourne

Scott moved to France, isolated himself, wrote on an old typewriter with two fingers until his novel was done. Then he ‘came to’ and moved to Paris. What’s more amazing than this? Scott was a professional skateboarder and lived in a room with no...

Skateboard fiction: Defining a genre

At last I’ve found my niche, and now, it appears, I’m creating a new genre. My niche is skateboarding. My genre is skate fiction. I’d like to say I’m in great company here but it appears I’m completely out on my own. I have read Blake...

The Death of the Big Writing Announcement

The other day I did something I have never done before. I announced to the world my big writing project before I had even started it. This is rare for me as I never do this. I always start first, get momentum, then tell people about it, if it starts to take off. I...