How Long Should My Novel Be? How long should my novel be is a question we all ask at one point or another. Invariably you’ll come across long winded articles that dance around the topic. They’ll provide lots of fluff and no substance. It is easy to say “your novel should be as long as […]
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My Journey Through Failure My First “Novel” I recently threw out the first book I ever wrote. It was from year one, when I was five going on six. I wrote a series of seven books that year. The longest was four pages with two or three sentences on each and some illustrations. In year […]
What is a Plot? What is a Story? Story vs plot, what’s the difference and a simple plotting tool is the question asked and what is needed by every writer at some point in their career. It doesn’t matter if you are writing short stories, news articles, audio dramas or screen plays, before you can […]
How is Writing a Novel Different to Writing a Short Story? The difference between writing a novel and a short story is something all short story writers ask themselves at some point. Knowing the difference between a short story and a novel is important if you plan to successfully transition from one to the other. […]
Break through your block by using this easy to follow 6 step framework for creating inspiring fantasy. Because you need to create page turning and imagination firing fantasy stories I have created this easy to follow framework just for you. Sometimes the ideas just flow from you like the molten lava of Mount Doom and […]
The Gravity Undone 5 step framework is a powerful tool for science fiction authors. It doesn’t matter if you are writing a podcast, screenplay, short story or novel. This framework will allow you to create engaging science fiction. This is step 5 where you will learn to add that secret sauce that keeps your audience […]
The Gravity Undone 5 step framework is a powerful tool for science fiction authors. It doesn’t matter if you are writing a podcast, screenplay, short story or novel. This framework will allow you to create engaging science fiction. Step 4 is develop your conflict where you choose how your main focus results in conflict and […]
The Gravity Undone 5 step framework is a powerful tool for science fiction authors. It doesn’t matter if you are writing a podcast, screenplay, short story or novel. This framework will allow you to create engaging science fiction. Step 3 is create your characters. These three characters will be derived from the answers to the […]
The Gravity Undone 5 step framework is a powerful tool for science fiction authors. It doesn’t matter if you are writing a podcast, screenplay, short story or novel. This framework will allow you to create engaging science fiction. Step to is Answer The Big Three Questions. These are the questions that will help you add […]