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Archive for the ‘Finishing’ Category

  • How to start a novel – holiday or chaos?

    15 Nov 2023

    HOW TO START A NOVEL I’m at that wonderful, scary, exciting, fearful point of starting to plan a new novel.…

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  • 7 steps that make a satisfying ending

    17 May 2019

    7 steps that make a satisfying ending In 2000 the movie What Lies Beneath opened to mixed reviews. Despite a…

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  • The GOATS method for writing and editing

    10 Aug 2018

    How to write powerful stories using the GOATS method. Great stories possess great power. Whether fiction, movies, TV or theatre,…

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  • How to write visually for cinema and TV

    02 May 2014

    The pressure to write visually can feel frightening, especially if you’re new to writing or have written for other media,…

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  • How to make your script editor-friendly

    19 Aug 2013

    A big welcome to experienced producer, script-editor and writer Yvonne Grace, who drops in from Scriptadvice.com to talk about the…

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  • 6 techniques for making your writing visual

    10 Jul 2013

    Good visual writing puts pictures in the head of the reader without them realising you're doing it. Here are 8 ways of doing exactly that.

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  • What if your story is unconvincing?

    11 May 2013

    Here's a very nice blog post about what to do if you suddenly lose faith in what you're writing

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  • What do you do next? Procrastinate?

    04 Aug 2012

    Last Monday I talked about finishing. So after you’ve finished – what do you do next? Do you push on…

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  • Are we there yet?

    30 Jul 2012

    There must be something in the air: I’m in the mood for finishing things. I just finished writing a novel…

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