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Category: Novel Writing

New Year Goals – don’t say the ‘r’ word!

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Wayne

New Year’s Day is for nursing hangovers and banishing the regrets of last year, which is why I’m writing this on January 2nd. Yes, it’s that time again. Time to lay out my reso – NO! DON’T SAY IT! Let’s use goals, targets, milestones – anything but the ‘r’ word. Call me superstitious but any…

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Parker and why we love an anti-hero

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Wayne

Richard Stark’s Parker novels offer the perfect anti-hero and inspired my own protagonist.

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Stuck on your WIP? Skip to the end . . .

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Wayne

Stuck on your WIP? Things getting a little like wading through treacle? My advice? Skip to the end! That’s exactly what I’ve been doing after a long spell of procrastination and self-doubt. http://67.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltslooUuel1r5ceufo1_500.gif Last time I gave you any kind of update, I was still in the honeymoon period of writing my second novel. 25,000…

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Writing a Novel – Are you a Pantser or a Plotter? I’m a PLANTSER!

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Wayne

Are you a ‘Pantser’ or a ‘Plotter’? It’s a question we writers seem to be obsessed with. It turns up on countless websites, forums and in many of our author interviews over at The Joined Up Writing Podcast. In case you somehow missed it, a ‘Pantser’ is someone who writes without any real plan –…

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Why you should write a logline for your novel

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Wayne

Following on from my previous post where I came out (of the novel-writing closet), I thought I would tell you a little more about the novel and share a tip I picked up from reading Save The Cat – a brilliant book about Screenwriting. It’s author, Blake Snyder, believes the one killer question you need…

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It’s a NOVEL – there, I said it!

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Wayne

Listeners to the Joined Up Writing Podcast may have heard me talking about my latest WIP – ‘a crime story’ is the way I have been describing it. And that’s exactly what it started out as – a short story. After a few thousand words I started occasionally using the word ‘Novella’ and today, in…

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