Building a story is more than Character or Plot. At the heart of it is the Situation that the main character is in before a plot can unfold (or needs to be developed if an idea for a plot has already been thought of). I heard somewhere that Alice Walker
Why do I fear stepping into the limelight and releasing my writing, my words, my voice into the world? I’ve delayed the launch of my novel ‘The Alien Eve’ from October last year and every step of the way I’m fighting with myself to just do it. Filled my time
I’ve moved all my blogs posts from my old blog ‘Waiting to write’ over to this new site. I want to thank everyone who followed me for their support and hope they’d like to continue to follow me. Welcome to the new site. Best wishes, Cecilia
In the eternal battle of character versus plot, I reckon no one wins. Why? Both of them are vital to a novel, and have to be developed together, because without either of them a story falls, meanders without reason. Plot or situation forms and shapes the character and, equally, a
We are our writer’s source; the well spring from the conscious and unconscious elements of our minds. Our lives, our biology has fed into who we are, still feeds into us, every second of every day we are alive while we are awake and in our sleep from within, dreams
and I’m a Novel Navigator.
I help you do your novel, trust your journey, overcome self-doubt, and make novel writing a part of your life.
I know the dream of being a novel writer and it’s both scary and exciting to want to write a novel.
Remember, you’re already a writer.
This is your writing journey, and Novel Writing is a path on that journey.