5 Exercises to Try Before Writing Your Novel

5 Exercises to Try Before Writing Your Novel

Once you have drafted your novel and and received feedback on it, there are bound to be issues that you wish you’d thought about more before you began. Of course, so much of a story develops in the process of writing it, but there are exercises worth doing...
Psychic Distance with Emma Darwin – October 29

Psychic Distance with Emma Darwin – October 29

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The Eight-Point Story Arc: Worth Thinking About?

The Eight-Point Story Arc: Worth Thinking About?

Discovering the Arc During my creative writing degree, we were taught about Nigel Watts’s 8-point story arc. As a writer of literary fiction, I was hesitant to consider a formal structure when planning my own novel. I didn’t want it to be formulaic or...
Motivation & Inspiration – September 24

Motivation & Inspiration – September 24

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Point of View & Voice – September 25

Point of View & Voice – September 25

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