Category: Writing Advice

I will caveat this post by saying there was no way on God’s green earth I was going to manage 50K in 24 hours. I went in with the slightly saner goal of 25K and even that was a stretch. I ended up with 14,158 words and a new perspective on writing. It’s the latter I’m going to talk about, for prosperity (lol). I don’t need perfection I’m a micro-editor. I will write a sentence or two and then twiddle…

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Us writers are neurotic beans. My house is never cleaner than when I’m trying to write. It’s useful procrastination but it’s still procrastination. See, I don’t really plan my books. I get a general idea, a few scenes and a couple of characters, then charge into writing like the Men of the West against the forces of Mordor. However, I have three things that shift me from complete pantser to a somewhat organised plantser. Thing 1: The Back Page Blurb…

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