Writing

Posts on the craft of writing

The Badly-Plotted Deus Ex

How many stories fall into the badly-plotted Deus Ex Machina ending? A miraculous resolution to a seemingly doom-laden ending, the […]

It’s a common writing challenge: how to escalate a series. How do you create a bigger ‘bang’ for books two,

Apparently authors are supposed to mix short and long sentences to captivate the audience. Recently, a writing tool accused me

Right now I’m wrestling with book categories; where do my books fit in the melee of marketing? Who are they

Chase, quest, military campaign; suddenly you’re an expert in cross-country travel in fiction. Listen to the audio version on our

Valuable writing advice: enter late and leave early. It applies to scenes, chapters and whole stories. You’re welcome. You want

Ever thought how many orphaned protagonists there are in fiction? Why are there so many? Is it a staple, a

Can you draw readers in without baiting the character hook? Genre and plot mean nothing if there isn’t a compelling

Can you defy convention and write a protagonist with no backstory? I started a new project to explore just that.

How do you maximise the midpoint at the core of your story? According to writing coach Abigail Perry, the midpoint