Diary Of A First Novel

The fourth draft of my work in progress is completed. I’ve been writing pretty much constantly for six months, so I’m going to take a break now before the fifth…

I’ve got feedback from some of my beta readers on the first act of my work in progress. The good news is that I can write and the narrative holds…

The third draft is underway, and I’ve stopped been able to see any improvements in the work. I’m too close it it, so I’ve enlisted outside help.  Writer’s Surgery My…

I don’t seriously expect anyone to read this and marvel at the characters in Softening. This post is a list all the characters so I can link back to them…

Second draft is done and the story is in much better shape. A lot of the work was done on long haul flights to and from the UK. It was uncomfortable but…

Here is a logline and synopsis of my first novel ’Softening’ as it stands after the first draft. The template for them is taken from Saves a Cat: Writes a…

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 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…