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In honour of the new year, Adam and I sit down to have a casual heart to heart about the very serious topic of writer's block. What it is, how it affects writers, how to work through it, and tips on how you can prevent it. So, sit back and grab a cup of cocoa... Continue Reading →
This week on Mirror World News, Adam Giles and I discuss the different points of view you can use to write your manuscript. We also have a surprise guest joining us. Here's the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HJOEj5j8H8 Point of View is the perspective you tell your story from. Typically an author can choose from 1st person or... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnKN2Y0pMfs This week's episode of M/W News focuses on plotting and pantsing. But what do these terms mean? Plotters: Plot Plan first Research Stay Organized Keep Notes Pantsers: Write on the fly Roleplay Create intuitively Improvise Keep Mental Notes
If you want to write a book, but you don't know how to get started, we've got an episode of Mirror World News just for you! This week Adam Giles and I tackle the beginning of a new writing project and the important question of how you actually put pen to paper, or fingers to... Continue Reading →
Murandy Damodred and I wrote our fantasy / romantic comedy novel, Uncharted, together. This is not our first co-written novel. In fact, it’s our fifth, so we’ve got a system worked out. There are lots of ways to divide the work, but here's our method: First we split up the characters: Since we write primarily... Continue Reading →
I am often confronted by the question, ‘why do I write?’ and I don’t feel the answer is one that is easily put into words. Yet, despite not having an easy answer to this question, I know for certain that I have to write. I would feel incomplete without it. So why is that? Well... Continue Reading →
Answering the question, “What is your book about?” can be hard to do. You feel put on the spot, at a loss for words, or maybe when you do try to answer the question, it doesn’t sound as interesting and engaging as you know your book to be. There is a simple way to fix... Continue Reading →
Summarizing a 300+ page novel into a few paragraphs is hard and it’s not something that usually comes naturally to us novelists. It took me a lot experimentation to get good at it, but here’s how I learned to do it. I read the backs of a whole pile of books, and then I emulated... Continue Reading →
They say there are two types of writers. Plotters, who plan and plot everything out, and Pantsers who ‘write by the seat of their pants.’ Every writer is different. I would also venture that the plotter/pantser thing is more of a spectrum than an either or. There are writers I know who plot out every... Continue Reading →
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