I was asked on Instagram last week how I go about structuring my stories, whether there’s a set way I like to do it, or if it’s different for every story, or what. I promised an answer last week, and that didn’t happen, but hey! It is this week and now I can answer! 
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On Structuring Plot: A List Of Useful Resources + My Recent Process Read More »
You guys are incredible. I was so nervous about giving up a week of my precious holidays to go do more teaching, but wow. You’ve all blown me away with your passion and talent and commitment, and you have just been a dream. I’ve had an absolute blast this week, and I really hope you
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Gluten still sucks, but it seems that small updatey posts are a Thing I Can Manage, so yay? Here we go? Anyway, I finished the latest book on the weekend, so that’s exciting, especially since writing is vey hit-and-miss this year. This one started out as a probable short story, but I was writing without
Whee-hee, I Finished Another Book! Read More »
Since this is apparently the week of sharing stumbles, I stumbled across this online the other day too and it’s kind of fun: The Plot Dot, a resource by bestselling YA author Derek Murphy. This is the full copy of his book on slideshare (not pirated – he put it there and links to it
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ETA: So many typos. So, so many. At least as far as writing goes. I am SO excited about all the projects I have in the wings, and I’m even more excited about being eventually able to share them with you. I know it doesn’t look like much on the surface, but trust me: behind
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Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit
Made It Monday: NOT CAKE!! Read More »
Missed out on Day 1 of Plotting? Catch up here! There’s also Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4. Whoa, day 5 of plotting! So pretty much all I’m going to do today is provide a quick wrap-up, including an overview of the main points discussed in yesterday’s video. If you haven’t had a chance to watch it, besides
Plotting #5: It’s A Wrap Read More »
Missed out on Day 1 of Plotting? Catch up here! There’s also Day 2 and Day 3. Today, the climax this has all been building towards. A couple of weeks ago I was super excited to able to visit Liana in Alaska (!!!!), and while I was there, Much Plotting Occurred. We plotted 6 novel/las that week, I
Plotting #4: Live Replot Read More »
Missed out on Day 1 of Plotting? Catch up here! Okay, so, yesterday I confessed to you my secret nightmare as a writer: structure. Not because I resent being constrained by arbitrary rules or whatever, but because actually, after reading a crap-tonne of new-writer stories in the last ten years, I have a healthy appreciation
Plotting #2: Beat Sheets Read More »
Being an English teacher is good for my writer ego. I used to think that probably I was just *stupid* for all the beginner mistakes I made – but going on seven years of high school* English teaching where students usually have to complete one creative response per semester, I’ve marked over 1100 creative responses that
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