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Musings of a shy writer

Musings of a shy writer

Learning and adapting to the ‘rules’ of writing

How I became introduced to the world of writing ‘rules’, and the lessons I learned from them to make my prose stronger.

May 31, 2020

Learning and adapting to the ‘rules’ of writing

May 31, 2020

Musings of a shy writer

Why I could never be a pantser

My thoughts on why plotting is such an important step in my writing process — and how it’s shaped the way I build and think about novels.

Apr 17, 2020

Why I could never be a pantser

Apr 17, 2020

Musings of a shy writer

The balance beam of writing, working and reading

Fitting writing into my life has been a challenge — but not quite as much as reading. Here’s how I’m trying to change that.

Mar 8, 2020

The balance beam of writing, working and reading

Mar 8, 2020

Musings of a shy writer

Conquering the first chapter: why it’s always the hardest to write

My ongoing battle with first chapters, and how I think I finally won.

Feb 21, 2020

Conquering the first chapter: why it’s always the hardest to write

Feb 21, 2020

Musings of a shy writer

The birds and the bees: the terror of writing a sex scene

Few things have made me more nervous than writing my first sex scene…

Jul 13, 2019

The birds and the bees: the terror of writing a sex scene

Jul 13, 2019

Musings of a shy writer

How dark is too dark?

Since I finished my novel, one person has read it from beginning to end — an alpha reader who I exchanged manuscripts with. It was an…

Feb 23, 2019

How dark is too dark?

Feb 23, 2019

Musings of a shy writer

The minefield of feedback

Since I finished my novel, I’ve entered the emotionally draining world of Scribophile, a network for writers to critique each other’s work…

Dec 30, 2018

Dec 30, 2018

Musings of a shy writer

Probably the worst guide to editing, ever

My writing and editing methods aren’t exactly textbook…but I stand by them all the same.

Nov 29, 2018

Probably the worst guide to editing, ever

Nov 29, 2018

Musings of a shy writer

The difficulty of endings

The emotional turmoil of finishing a book — there’s nothing quite like it.

Sep 30, 2018

The difficulty of endings

Sep 30, 2018

Musings of a shy writer

Diversity in fiction — it’s not as hard as it sounds

I don’t know what it’s like to not make up people in my head. I’ve had fictional people living in my brain for as long as I can remember. I…

Aug 6, 2018

Diversity in fiction — it’s not as hard as it sounds

Aug 6, 2018

Musings of a shy writer

Musings of a shy writer

I'm an Australian writer living it up in Birmingham, finally ready to start talking about my lifelong hobby and (hopefully) turn it into a published reality.

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