So much of how we engage with our writing is bound up with the disciplines, good and bad, we apply to ourselves, and how we feel about ourselves as writers. In this episode I tackle these issues, together with the thorny subject of dealing with our own inner critic, with speaker writer and marathon runner, Cami Ostman.
Writing the first draft of a novel, like scaling the north face of the Eiger, presents particular difficulties. In this episode, we look at...
This episode starts with a request. Tell me your writing challenges! What are the technical craft problems you're facing? Give me the challenge of...
This episode is all about the protagonist's nemesis, the antagonist. Traditionally seen as 'the bad guy' the antagonist's real function in a story is...