How To Use ‘The Hero’s Journey’ To Structure Your Novel
The hero’s journey is a story structure identified by the American writer and scholar of mythology Joseph Campbell. And it can be a re...
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In fiction, strong point of view (POV) is the reader’s lifeline to immersion. The deeper the POV, the more readers can live inside a character’s experience – see what they see, feel what they feel. One of the most common obstacles to this depth is the presence...
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Often described as the ‘What if …?’ genre, speculative fiction (spec-fic) describes any work where the writer explor...
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‘Oh, you’re writing a novel? What’s it about?’ The answer to this question is essentially the premise of your ...
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There’s a very real concern among writers that an editor will damage their writing voice and replace their style. This fear ...
Read more4 Ways to Get Proper Feedback on Your Novel
Let me tell you a secret. I don’t take on every writer who comes to me for editing. Why? The biggest reason is this: often, thei...
Read moreHow I Travelled Through Europe Running My Business From a Laptop
I’ve recently returned to the UK after travelling around Europe for nine months while still running my business, working from my...
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The other day, I was trying to work out the author’s meaning behind a particularly confusing sentence. This manuscript, I said t...
Read moreHow I Stay Productive While Travelling
At the time of writing this, I’m currently running my editing business while travelling around Europe. I’ve been doing so ...
Read moreDoes My Novel Have Enough Conflict?
An author recently told me they were struggling to know whether they were creating enough conflict in their novel-in-progress. Did I h...
Read moreTell It Slant – An Alternative to ‘Show, Don’t Tell’
American poet Emily Dickinson once wrote: ‘Tell the truth, but tell it slant.’ Following this advice can bring vividness and originali...
Read moreWhy is Editing So Expensive?
You probably envision editors rolling around in bank notes, laughing, after spending a short afternoon running a quick spell check on ...
Read moreWhose Story is It Anyway? How to Choose Your Narrator
It may be your book, but guess what? It isn’t your story. It’s fun to be the god of your own fictional world. But when it comes to the...
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