Learning to transform
I gave myself a tiny pat on the back for reaching the end of act one (first draft of course). But am I ready to start my own process of tran
The festival of families
Families. They unite us and they tear us apart. My first novel is one of a trilogy covering four generations of familial shenanigans.
The long and the short of it
This week I decided to take a shortcut. Or rather, I decided to stop working on my first novel – temporarily – and enter a short story conte
Conflict - who needs it?
My plan was to go through all the scenes of my novel and make sure the rhythm worked: that every scene was followed by a sequel and so on.
Subplots and characters and arcs … oh my!
How do I weave supporting sub plots throughout my story, making sure they have relevance and impact? And exactly how many subplots should I