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It's not very often I write a post and publish it the same day any more. As a blogger who loves organisation and planning, if you look at everything I have scheduled you'll see they go all the way up to the end of October. Yes, that really is the case. I love knowing that if anything goes pear-shaped in my life, my little corner of the internet will continue on. For a little while at least.
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In our daily activities, we come up with ideas or come across people who would make wonderful characters in our books. If you are the kind of person that is always formulating story plots every day and haven’t brought yourself to put them down on paper, here is a guide to take your story from imagination to paper:
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Here we are, back for another Neverland Blog Tour for Karen Aldous. I actually love this authors writing. Her books are brilliant and it kills me that I don't have enough time to review all the books for authors blog tours I take part it, BUT I always add them to my TBR list and get around to them eventually. Today though, as you can tell, I have an interview with Karen;
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Liz has been part of my writer tribe for a while now. Which makes me ashamed to say how long it has taken me to delve into her books worlds. So, I won't. But now that I have I need more. More books please Liz. Today, we are talking about Manhatten.
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The publishing industry tends to be a hard place to make it in. For every few writers who are New York Times best sellers, there are hundreds other who are frustrated, jaded and sometimes vengeful against those they consider irresolute gatekeepers of the industry.
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When one of my lovely twitter writing / author pals announced she needed beta's for her new novel I knew I needed to get my hands on a copy. So, naturally I stuck my hand up and a few minutes later this wonderful book landed in my inbox. Being on holiday at the time it didn't take me long to devour the book, (Four hours to be exact). Now it's release day and you can grab a copy too. First, read what I thought of it!
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Developing characters or what is known as characterisation is one of the basic structures of a story, besides the plot and setting. There are a number of questions that a writer has to ask him/herself before he starts developing the characters in a plot. Here are a number of questions that any brilliant writer should raise about each characters.
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Creating an outline for your story is one of the most basic, yet most complex, responsibilities that you have to handle before you can begin writing. Most writers frown upon outline as some form of prison to hold your ideas and contain creativity. Approached right, the outline is a great tool to be used in writing that can actually boost your creativity and build your ideas. How then does one create an outline that does not seem to choke the life out of both the writer and the story?
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How are we feeling today? You're not only getting one post you're getting two. Come back around 4pm for some more tips today, but for now, enjoy this awesome insight from Cristina Hodgson.
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One of my biggest regrets is not starting these books before watching the two movies that were made. Although, it made imagining the story in my head a little easier. This story exceeded my expectations and I can't wait to tell you about it.
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