More thoughts on writing fiction...
WM33 Writing Fiction vs Writing Non-Fiction?
In this episode, PIlar shares the key difference in writing a non-fiction book vs writing a nove.
Writing Advice from Smarter Artists than Myself
Today's advice comes from those artists smarter than myself. I am of course referring to the Sterling and Stone podcast The Smarter Artist. This is a series of short episodes around five minute each about specific aspects of writing fiction and the writing mine said it's also sometimes a very honest podcast and it is…
Reading like a Writer: What’s Happening in the Background? (Ep.8)
Today’s insight comes from a novel I’m currently reading, “So Many Ways to Begin” by Jon McGregor. I noticed something in one of the chapters: a neat way of communicating the passage of time and also, of adding movement to the background of a scene. I found that this made the imagery more three dimensional,…
Writing Advice from Rachel Aaron (Ep.7)
Today’s writing advice, is very timely for me and for anyone out there taking part in NaNoWriMo or , writing NaNoWriMo style where you have a word count to hit. I actually came across it some time ago, in an episode of The Creative Penn, which I have referred to in this show before. The…
Writing Advice Gained from Reading like a Writer (Ep.6)
I actually don’t have advice from an established writer in episode 6, but I found something that I thought I might share with you. Something I observed when reading one of the books featured in this episode: Exposure, by Helen Dunmore. As I mention in the podcast, there is a bit of intrigue in that…
Writing Advice from Ian Rankin (Ep.5)
The piece of reflection on writing for today comes from Ian Rankin, author of the first book I mentioned in this episode. First of, if you like Ian Rankin, then make sure you listen to the podcast episode where I heard this bit of insight. The podcast name is “A Stab in the Dark” and…
Writing Advice from Kyle Gray (Ep.4)
Today’s section comes from a book written to help content creators on the internet, people who are writing content on the web, mainly blog posts, to attract buyers to their products. I think this particular bit I found can be of help to novel writers, when stuck with a scene. Bear with me. The author…
Writing Advice from Jeff Goins (Ep.3)
Today’s advice will be of most use to those of you who have various projects on the go, or who like to dip in and out of your work. I came across this idea in a wonderful podcast, that introduced me to the world of self-publishing many years ago. The show is called The Creative…
Writing Advice from Patricia Highsmith (Ep.2)
Today’s advice is all about writing suspense, and it comes from that great mistress of suspense Patricia Highsmith. Now for a little confession: as of today, I haven’t yet read any of her books, but I’ve watched plenty of Hitchcock’s adaptations of her work to know that she knows what she’s talking about. And if…
Writing Advice from Stephen King (Ep.1)
When I was little I used to write stories for pleasure. I also wrote plays. Then I grew up, continued writing plays and had some of them staged when I ran a theatre company in London. I left that behind, dove into business and continued writing lots of non-fiction but stopped writing fiction. A couple…
