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Writer – do you plan or fly by the seat of your pants?
For whatever reason you write, there are usually at least two broad ways to do it. Either you are a planner – someone who plans what they are going to write or you are a pantser. This means someone who is flying by the seat of their pants, or someone who has no plan, they…
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My transformation through 30 days’ blogging
30 days ago, I was not quite at the beginning of my 30 day blogging challenge. You see, it has taken my longer than 30 days to reach 30 posts. I was at Day 7, thirty days ago, but it has still been a transformation. I love writing, but producing content for my own blog…
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Blogs Interrupted
UK March 2020 Day 14 30 Day Blogging Challenge Things have gone quiet round here. I’m still hoping to publish 30 blogs, but not in 30 days. The world seems to have gone mad: university students are being sent home, IT people are being told to work from home, schools are shutting and everyone is…
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Secrets of Stronger Fiction 1: Characters who run against normal society – Anne with an E
I am not only a writer, I am a reader. I love a good piece of historical fiction, where the details take you back in history, the sights and the smells and the experiences of people long ago fill the story with the results of a writer’s long hours of research. Some of my favourite…
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7 retro blog posts you might like to check out
When you’ve put a lot of effort into writing your blog posts, it can be difficult to lose them off the top page and awkward for visitors to your page to find and read them, unless of course, they found them through searching a specific topic in Google. So it is good to occasionally write…
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Day 21: 30 Day Blogging Challenge – Infographics
This blog has been challenged to make some infographics so I decided to have a go. The infographics package that was recommended was not suitable for me as I don’t have Java, so I have taken a look round to see what other possibilities there are. I found Daniel Soper who offers a small infographics…
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Day 20: 30 Day Blogging Challenge – Story Plot, Conflict & Resolution
On Day 11 and Day 12, I posted a short story for the purpose of showing you how I edit a story. Here I finish my discussion of the story and will be talking about the plot, the conflict in the story and the resolution. Plot The plot is probably one of the most important…
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Day 19: 30 Day Blogging Challenge – Short Story Setting
My blog posts on Day 11 and Day 12 were two halves of a short story, written quickly to use as an example for editing. Here, I would like to discuss setting. The setting of a story discusses where the story takes place. In The House on the Hill, the action all takes place around…
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Day 15: 30 Day Blogging Challenge – Editing a Story – Characters
On days 11 and 12 I published two halves of a story. This story was written for the purpose of showing you what I do when I edit. I have deliberately published a first draft, with very little editing apart from immediately spotting spelling mistakes etc so that you can see how it will change…
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Day 14: 30 Day Blogging Challenge – Love and Relationships on St Valentine’s Day
As it’s Valentine’s Day, I thought I would take little look at the use of love and relationships within the context of this story. Writing a believable love story takes careful thought and the relationship should definitely not be roses all the way. Your romantic couple should have a quirky way to meet. Ask yourself,…
