No-one can write about skateboarding in Fiction. Why?

No-one can write about skateboarding in Fiction. Why?

Sep 17, 2016 | before, skate

Someone has (at last) addressed the lack of decent skateboarding in fiction! Jonathan Russell Clark seems to have hit the nail on the head with his article. Skateboarding in Fiction: A Brief History of Failure I have a big response to the lithub post but haven’t...

Logging my learning process

Feb 12, 2016 | Blog, during, editing, skate

I want to write up a full ‘mission’ for this site, which involves documenting my working process and the things I intend to systematically repeat for future stories and books. I am learning so much, so quickly, that I fear if I don’t write it all...
Story Outline, Structure and Line-edits

Story Outline, Structure and Line-edits

Jan 31, 2016 | during, Escapeboard, skate

Ok, I’ve just finished my first revision of my story, and the ‘revision’ consisted of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and any obvious story inconsistencies. Does that equal line-edits? I haven’t changed any of the story, so maybe not. So with...
Using #Nanowrimo for fiction craft good

Using #Nanowrimo for fiction craft good

Nov 25, 2015 | during, skate

So I’m nearing the end of my nanowrimo 2015 experience and I’m going to finish this year! However, I’m still well aware of creating a crappy story. The rushed, 1667 words, approach definitely produces ‘suck’ every time. This is down to my...