‘…each of us who dares to reach in and pull out what is truly ourselves brings a new way of seeing into the world.’ Hal Zina Bennett, Write From The Heart. Our minds are incredible. The power to learn and the power to imagine and create. From birth, connection after
On the theme of editing, I follow a blog called ‘The Editor’s Blog’, the latest post of which explains Interjections and Exclamations so well. So if you ever had to wonder whether to use ‘Ah’, ‘Ahh’, or ‘Aah’, now you know… The Editor’s Blog post on Spelling Interjections and Exclamations.
I drew the line in the sand in my diary on the evening of Thursday 23rd December 2010 and decided I was going to write a novel. I’ve learned since that the writing life is a continuous journey of learning the craft of writing and learning to live as a
Doubt is normal. All writers have it, get it, live with it. Published, unpublished, still thinking about doing it and/or starting it one day. But when it strikes, and I’m not talking about the little itty bitty strikes of ‘oh, perhaps if I change this one word, oh, yes that’s
Imagine that you’re writing your third novel and still doubt that you can be a writer. Last September I completed a novel. Not just a first draft, or a second structural draft, or a third draft tightening everything up, but the final, read it all aloud, every single word, draft
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.