Writerly Musings – Page 2

“Hard to be the Bard” from Something Rotten starring Christian Borle as Shakespeare

Sometimes I think a writer can relate just too well to what poor old Shakespeare went through! you see what people just don’t understand Is that writing’s demanding It’s mentally challenging and it’s a bore It’s such a chore To sit in a room by yourself Oh my god, I just hate it! And you’reContinue reading ““Hard to be the Bard” from Something Rotten starring Christian Borle as Shakespeare”

The Inciting Incident Incident

Once a long time ago a person I met online asked me to be his writing partner and we agreed we’d try to write a fantasy story about his character, a swordsman, and mine, an archer, trying to stop a giant monster from terrorising a kingdom. He asked me to go first, so, thinking chronologically,Continue reading “The Inciting Incident Incident”

2 Easy Ideas To Help Define Your Plot

I really need to work on ‘plot’. Which sounds strange, because I’ve published two novels with great plots (if I do say so myself) and a handful of short stories. But plot is actually my biggest weakness. I really like thinking up characters and situations, but I have more trouble reflecting on what my mainContinue reading “2 Easy Ideas To Help Define Your Plot”

Contradictory Characters? Characteristics Don’t Have To Match

Recently the Miss USA was crowned, and I was blown away by the woman, District of Columbia entrant Deshauna Barber. She’s not only incredibly beautiful, but she has a master’s degree in management information systems and works as an IT analyst for the United States Department of Commerce. She is a logistics commander forContinue reading “Contradictory Characters? Characteristics Don’t Have To Match”

Should authors produce similar content?

This was one of my problems when I first published an adult novel and then switched to Young Adult. Branding Should authors produce the same kinds of stories? Personally I loved reading Maria V Snyder’s Poison Study series and then the Healer series and finding them both basically the same kind of story, with theContinue reading “Should authors produce similar content?”