I’m really, really behind now. In fact the 8 week course has officially finished and I’m only half way through. I should be able to complete it in the next couple of weeks though, all being good. Christmas and the run up to it, with the release of Shallow Waters, wasn’t a good time to […]
Future Learn Start Writing Fiction- Week 3
Before I head into the details of this current blog post I just want to update you on a new series I want to run. On Saturday I ran a post showing SJI Holliday’s debut novel cover along with some questions. It proved a popular post. Readers enjoyed the insight the questions added to the […]
Open University Future Learn – Week Two
Last week I posted about the first week of the Open University’s free eight week course under the Future Learn umbrella. I did also say that I was running behind on the course and I hoped to catch up. Not only have I not caught up, but with trying to do the edits for Shallow […]
The Open University Future Learn – Week One
In a post last month I said I had signed up to a free eight week course by Future Learn, a part of the Open University distance learning package. The course was Start Writing Fiction. I know I’m a bit past the starting blocks but I wanted to see if there were any nuggets of […]
Can You Learn To Write Fiction?
Are you a natural-born storyteller, writer and novelist or can you be taught the craft? Being able to sit around a campfire and spin a yarn doesn’t make you able to write a complete novel does it? What about plot? Pacing? Character development? Story arc? Inciting incident? denouement? How many times has someone said to […]