Master Writing Mechanics

If you’re passionate about writing, you belong at the table.

Our art will get us through this…I hope.

Social media exhausts me. No one reads. So, why bother?

It involves…snakes. Stick with me.

The juxtaposition of trauma and cool, calm detachment can be symphonic.

All you need is structure and a process.

Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer…Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation.’ You can either write good sentences or you…

And why I’m not mad about it.

A beginner’s guide for new writers who want to stand out from the sea of same stories.

Tell me it’s not about appeasing algorithms and making millions.

We’re drowning in drama and main character energy and losing all complexity, subtlety, and nuance.

I was a publishing outsider who craved a community.

What you prefer to read doesn’t dictate whether a piece of writing is good or not.

People don’t want the ache — they crave the fairytale ending, the one million copies sold.

A deep-dive into my process with examples

A guide to putting your reader’s heart on pause.

It’s about telling stories with perspective. Don’t perform for clicks.

They’re not one and the same.

Because you’re writing even when you’re not writing.

The success of our art should be what we create, not how we preen and perform on social media.

Redefining success as the act of achievement not the result of the achievement.

And if you tell me to “you have it better than me,” I will punch you in the face.

Don’t freak out, but it took me over two decades to find my voice.