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Recent Blog Posts
Annual Writing Goal Progress in Q4, 2025 (Slower Progress)
We’re getting close to the end of 2025. In fact, 12th December always feels a little bit like the ending of a year for me … because it’s my birthday! So how did things go in Q4, and during 2025 as a whole? Recap: My Writing Goals for 2025 Way back in January, I wrote...
The Three Stages of Editing Your Writing (and Nine Handy Do-it-Yourself Tips)
Whether you love editing or hate it, if you’re a writer, there’s no way to avoid it. You may well have support – from beta readers, your spouse, your writing group or a professional editor – but a fair amount of editing needs to take place as part of your own writing process…
Interiority: Six Different Ways to Show Your Character’s Thoughts on the Page [With Examples]
One brilliant thing about the novel (and short story) as a form of storytelling is that it gives a unique access inside characters’ minds. If you’re writing a script for a play or for film…