Category Archives: Writing Tips & tricks

A couple of weeks ago I wrote part one of my scene structure series, which featured the large-scale structure of a scene. In brief, a scene followed by the sequel. See this link: How to Write a Scene – part 1. Large scale structure of a scene. This new article also relies heavily on Dwight […]

Why is it sometimes hard to write emotion into a scene? We start writing what we know will be a strong scene but then we’re disappointed when the scene is not as powerful as we thought it would be. What went wrong? Only 4 main categories of emotions? Eric Edson in “The Story Solution: 23 […]

Today I am looking at the large-scale structure of writing a scene. A dramatic scene, an opening scene, a middle scene – the structure remains the same. If you think of a story as a length of chain, you can imagine it is created of two basic links of building blocks: scene and sequel. The […]

nano writing month – NaNoWriMo Shield – National Novel Writing Month https://youtu.be/J-o_iDWpRnY What is NaNo Writing Month? You may have seen or heard people talking about NaNoWriMo, especially around September to November each year, and wondered what it was, or you may be an old hand like me who has done “it” every year since […]

https://youtu.be/iPgkUovrEsk%20 If you read my article on What is NaNo Writing Month? and the benefits and challenges and think you’re ready to give it a go, here are a few ways to actually start NaNo Writing. 1. Borrow a Plot What’s your favourite novel or movie? Okay. I am a huge fan of Stephen King […]

“When you’re one step ahead of the crowd you’re a genius. When you’re two steps ahead, you’re a crackpot.” – Shlomo Riskin, Rabbi Tweet https://youtu.be/Dl8y-9hLKBw%20 Some people are born creative – others are not Wrong, wrong, wrong! Coming up with new and genius ideas is not a wave a magic wand situation. Magicians and fairies […]