Writer In Motion – Thoughts on Prompt

A look at my thoughts in response to the #WriterInMotion prompt

Journey to a Polished Manuscript: July – (RewriteItClub)

This year, RewriteItClub are doing a monthly series on writing a book, and I’m joining in with my adult political fantasy. To find out more about RewriteItClub’s series click here, or to see this month’s post, click here. This month is all about dialogue! There's a lot of dialogue in my book, given that much of the …

Journey to a Polished Manuscript: June – Self Care (RewriteItClub)

Tips for practising self care on a deadline

Journey to a Polished Manuscript: May – Character Motivation and World Integration (RewriteItClub)

This month looks at how character and world are linked

Journey to a Polished Manuscript: April – World Building (RewriteItClub)

This month's writing topic is world building - one of my favourite parts of the process!

Journey to a Polished Manuscript: March – Three-Dimensional Villains (RewriteItClub)

An introduction to the villain at the heart of my book.

Journey to a Polished Manuscript: February – Structure, Plot Points and Story Beats (RewriteItClub)

Following on from last month's post about my story's premise and story focus, I'm back again with the February discussion from #RewriteItClub. If you want to know more about the year long project to delve into story, please click here. I'm still working on THE LANDS TOUCHED BY THE GRIFFINS' WINGS (aka GRIFFINS for short) …

Why Netflix’s THE KING bored me

I love Shakespeare's history plays, but this re-imagining of England in the 1400s left me bored due to sloppy character work.

Why I found the Story Telling in the Witcher so Uncompelling (no spoilers)

While it may contain one of the catchiest songs of the moment ("Toss a Coin to your Witcher), the way the Witcher was adapted for Netflix failed to initially engage me for three reasons.

Journey to a Polished Manuscript: January – Premise and Story Focus (RewriteItClub)

This year, #RewriteItClub are doing a year long project to help writers edit/rewrite their novels. I'm joining in, so once a month I'll be posting about my story and working on their assignments. For more information on the year long project click here. I was hesitant at first to post this, as my blog is …