Writing: How much research is too much?
Research is a thorny topic. How much is too much, and how much is just ‘for your information’ to be cast aside as you write?
How do you capture ideas for a story?
Someone asked me how I capture ideas for writing a book.
How to switch out of writing mode
What’s your favourite writer-switching-off activity? At the end of your writing day/hour, what do you do to switch out of writing mode?
Writing tips – How to plot using beat sheets
You’ve possibly heard of beat sheets – and if not, let me introduce you to the only tool able to contain my disorganised writer brain. Beat sheets are easy to understand. Each ‘beat’ represents one block of the story.
Making sense of sensitivity in writing
Sensitivity readers are hugely important in publishing today – not just for writers from minority groups themselves but also for people like myself who don’t belong to those groups but want to write about them anyway.