Feedback Guidelines As part of this writing community, offering thoughtful and constructive feedback to others is a key way you can help other authors to grow and… Tanya 21 February 2025 0 Comments
Showing, telling and breaking the rules This week is a good and beautiful week, but also a sad week; a week that enters with the last note of a bugle fading… Harry 21 February 2025 0 Comments
A shimmering green gown & an unreliable smile This week is a good and beautiful week, one of the best weeks ever. And why? Because it is Week #3 of our Write with… Harry 14 February 2025 0 Comments
Twinkling in the half-sunlight This week saw the launch of Week #2 of our Write with Jericho course. (It’s free to Premium members, naturally. If you’re not a member… Harry 7 February 2025 0 Comments
The porpoise in every scene Novels are necklaces. We talk a lot about the structure of a plot, and stress about it, and we’re right to talk and stress because… Harry 31 January 2025 0 Comments
Conveying your characters’ feelings (effectively) Last week’s email was all about staying close to character and I ended, in a way I seldom do, by being a bit mean about… Harry 24 January 2025 0 Comments
Car windscreens and fallen magnolia petals One of the bits of feedback I give most – and really, I’d want to give it almost all the time, on auto-repeat – is:… Harry 17 January 2025 1 Comment
The great books you can’t write (and the one that you can) Most nights, I watch a bit of TV with the missus before bed. She does not get ready as fast as I do, so I… Harry 10 January 2025 4 Comments
A simple, repeatable joy My last email was grumpy. Bah humbug. A silver cane waved menacingly at orphans. This email is festive. A Merry Christmas to us all! A… Harry 20 December 2024 1 Comment
The easiest technique in fiction Lots of things in writing are hard. One thing in particular is very, very easy… but it’s astonishingly neglected by a lot of writers. Here’s… Harry 6 December 2024 1 Comment