If your plot is your story's skeleton and your character's are it's life blood, then the theme is the beating heart. Theme provides the...

Last week, we focused in on how to develop your characters; from establishing their goals and motivations to how to make them relatable....

This week we will be delving into how to choose the right outlining style for your writing process. Outlining plays a crucial role in...

One of the most exciting parts of writing a story is coming up with the idea, but turning that idea into a fully formed plot can be a...

You’re in peek writing flow. Steam is flying from your keyboard, words rippling onto the page. An epic film soundtrack provides the...

Forgive me writers, for I am a pantser. It has been 438 days since my last outline. Pantsers, I know we hate outlining. It’s in the name....

“The first draft is pure torture for me. I hate every second of it.” ~ Judy Blume, Masterclass It doesn’t surprise me that even a...

The Setting Ten years is a long time to be working on a book series. One set of characters. One world. During those ten years I’ve moved...

I LOVE September. It has a special kind of energy to it that you only really get in January, but (in my opinion) it is so much better....

Happy New Year, Writer Community!! With the new year comes a new start and, probably a lot of new goals. When we’re feeling the...

I made this list as part of my revision process for my debut novel, Let it Reign. I hoped to write a book readers would struggle to put...

While the world is busy wrapping up halloween costumes, eating up all that halloween candy and buying christmas decorations, all the...

Would you believe me if I told you that not four years ago, I sat down to write a four-book fantasy series with nothing written down,...

Deep in the drafting trenches whilst trying to write my first book, I realised three things; I had no idea how to effectively structure a...

There are countless ways to go about writing a novel, as many ways as there are writers, and more. No two stories are brought into this...

Ah, how to start… You know that feeling? The churn in your stomach as you stare at the blank page – when the words are inconveniently not...

I write this article with one important caveat. You need to know the “rules” of writing first. If you’re a newbie writer, the best advice...

Tension is arguably the most essential aspect of any story worth writing and writing worth reading. Authentic tension connects us to the...

I completed the second draft of The Mover of Mountains whilst working two jobs. Weekdays, I’d work 9-to-5 as a numerical modeller;...

Five years ago, I decided to write a book. So, I did. It was easy. Said no writer in the history of the world, ever. When I began writing...