As writers we are constantly second guessing our writing. Is it descriptive enough without too much exposition? Is that character's personality clear? Does my action scene work? Are my character's developing? There are many and varied queries as we write. To enable us...
Today I am sharing the first paragraph of a 'on the back burner' work in progress. It is the result of a National Novel Writing Month challenge, a couple of years ago. I am unsure if it will ever become a fully fledged novel, time will tell. I would welcome any...
Thank you to everyone who has joined in this month's conversation on genre. We have indeed covered all aspects of genre from writing it to marketing it. Today's question is: How much of your 'personality should you put into your narrative? In other words do you, or...
This week I have two events. Firstly, tonight I will attend a meeting of the Diversity Committee, who are co-hosting an event with one of my other organizations I volunteer with, the Arts & Culture Council. The event is a celebration of Canada's 150 but also to...
Disabuse - definition: to be free from mistakes or false beliefs. We are all familiar with the editing stage of the writing journey. In some ways it is harder than creating the story in the first place. Reading our work out loud is a good way of not only finding...