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The One-Page Guide to Storytelling

Here, gleaned from several decades of writing, experience doing my 27 novels, and the hundreds of books I've read on writing and storytelling, is the most concise guide to storytelling I can come up with. I've included some classic references at the end.For each scene, and your overall story, answer these seven questions. If you can’t answer all of them,…

The Truth About Publishing – 3

Lesson 2: Anyone can do it, hah!There’s a widely held assumption that writing a book can’t be all that hard. After all, everyone can write, can’t they? We write stuff every day of our lives.At conventions and writing festivals I often meet people who assume writing is easy. They say, “I’m going to write a book one day when I…

Richard Harland on Writer's Block

Every week from now on I'll be inviting an Aussie writer to blog about books or writing. First out of the blocks is the amazing Richard Harland, who had writer's block for 25 years! But he's since had fifteen novels published, won enough awards to fill a treasure chest, including two major French awards this year – the Tam-Tam je…