Softening After First Draft
The first draft is finished and I've become obsessed with it. It’s provisionally titled Softening and I’ve a better idea what it's about now. I'm taking a break from it…
The first draft is finished and I've become obsessed with it. It’s provisionally titled Softening and I’ve a better idea what it's about now. I'm taking a break from it…
There is a party at a large house and all the guests are in the brightly lit front room. Maybe it’s Christmas, and the room is tastefully decorated with red…
Up till now, my first draft has been housed within a single Microsoft Word document - all sixteen thousand words of it. MS Word has served me well enough thus…
The outline is done, and I’ve broken ground and written the first chapters. I’ve been constantly going back and reediting which is a newbie mistake. The opening scenes have been…
I've decided that my novel will be about meditation and all the crazy things I’ve witnessed in over fifteen years of going to various classes. I read (somewhere) that a…
I’ve decided to write a novel. I’ve jotted down a basic outline in a scruffy notepad while watching breakfast TV. I’ve always secretly wanted to write a novel, and I’ve…