A couple of weeks ago I attended the Romance Writers of Australia annual conference. I had a ball. I caught up with friends, pitched my manuscript to agents, attended the fancy dress cocktail party (although this year I wussed on the costume and just wore a blingy tiara with my jeans for the tiara and…
Writing
My Excuse Monday
Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison
Believe in yourself…
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…
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…