In my recent post, A Season for Writing, I wrote about the fact that I’d started a new WIP set in California, and that I could almost feel the sunshine. And the more I think about it, the more it seems to me that this feeling of place, of inhabiting the world where my charactersContinue reading “Stepping Into A Writer’s World”
Tag Archives: Pantser
A Wild Ride
I tried this whole planning thing. Honestly, I really did. I spent ages making little chart-y things and tables, planning my blog posts and work weeks and monthly goals. I tried writing out chapter lists and character arcs and tying them all together into some sort of marvellous grid that would become a whole bigContinue reading “A Wild Ride”
Breathing Out
I’ve been in a bit of a blog lull this week. This usually happens to me after I’ve finished a big writing project – it’s as though my mind needs a few days to rest before it can get back to the business of working with words again. I think it’s entirely natural, really. YouContinue reading “Breathing Out”
The Perils Of Being A Pantser
I’ve said this before – I am a Pantser. When I start writing I have an idea, maybe a couple of characters and an end point but not much idea of what happens in between. But off I go anyway, letting the story pull me forward, sometimes finding what the characters choose to do orContinue reading “The Perils Of Being A Pantser”
Helen Glynn Jones 