CHARACTER ARCS: WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO MAP THEM TO A PLOT. PART 2.
Milestones and impact A character’s personality can have a huge impact on they way they traverse their arc in a story, as much as the way...
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Feb 26, 20234 min read
THE EDITING PROCESS: PROOFREADING
For me, the proofreading stage is the easiest and most enjoyable stage of editing a book. I love digging through the pile of words to...
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Jan 14, 20234 min read
THE COPY EDITING PROCESS
We’ve just completed a major structural edit and a continuity edit on a novel. By now, all the action and character development in your...
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Dec 31, 20224 min read
What the new year holds: goals and resolutions
I always begin my new year with goals, not resolutions. New year’s resolutions can be a huge thing but I find they don’t work unless...
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Dec 17, 20223 min read
WRITING, FAMILY and FINDING JOY
One of the most important things in my life is my family. I see my family all the time and I love spending time with them but sometimes...
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Nov 19, 20222 min read
Step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 5: now you can edit, rewrite, write
What’s next in our journey to edit the structure of a novel? To recap: we’ve completed a scene map, mapped the scenes to the story...
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Nov 5, 20223 min read
Step-by-step guide to a major structural edit. Step 4: personalise your structure, create an outline
What is it about your story that makes it stand out from others? Make this individuality shine through from the bones – the structure....
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Oct 22, 20223 min read
Structural edit step-by-step guide. Step 3: mapping the scene map and structure to character arcs
At this point in the editing process, I thought I could start working on the MS again. I didn’t. I made myself pause and consider...
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Sep 2, 20222 min read
Editing - just do it
I've been working on the third book on the Dragon Gods series. Opal Tears, and I'm currently deep in a major structural edit.
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Apr 1, 20221 min read
The Best Cheesecake
The cheesecake slice I made for Christmas at the Bowerbird was so popular I made it for new year's as well.
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