I’ve taken the leap and started the submission roller-coaster. Now for the hard bit… waiting! I am terrible at waiting (as I have said many times before). It’s impossible to not think about it. In fact, the more I try not to think about it the more it seems to weigh on me. The anything-but-a-rejection high versus…
Writing
My Excuse Monday
Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison
A great story
Below is a talk Andrew Stanton (writer of Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Finding Nemo and Wall-E) gave on ‘Clues to a Great Story’. One of his theories really resonated with me – he calls it the unifying theory of 2+2. His explanation was that you don’t give the audience the answer, you let them…
End of Winter
For those of us Down Under the end of winter is here (well, it will be in two days). My favourite season is about to begin. I struggle to sit at my desk in spring – I want to be out in the warming weather, longer days, flowering plants, singing birds…you get the idea. I’ve…
My Excuse Monday
Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison