by lauralizbuckley | 1 Dec, 2020 | Writing
What were the lessons learned from NaNoWriMo this year? Before I go into that, just a little context: I wrote most of this post in the morning on Saturday 28th November. At that point, I was at just over 35,000 words, more than 11,000 words short of where I was meant...
by lauralizbuckley | 27 Oct, 2020 | Writing
It’s time to talk about arguably the biggest challenge of writing 50,000 words in 30 days: making time. NaNoWriMo is just a few days away now (can you believe it?) and preparation is in full swing for many of us. I’ve already written a few posts this month to help you...
by lauralizbuckley | 29 Sep, 2020 | Writing
The close third-person perspective has some great advantages to recommend it. Obviously, it’s not all sunshine and flowers. Every perspective choice has its drawbacks, and make sure to come back for my next blog post for a run-down of those! Or, if first-person is...
by lauralizbuckley | 8 Sep, 2020 | Writing
Sometimes characters are going to make bad decisions, but how to do that without annoying your readers? Nobody in real life makes perfect choices all the time, and we shouldn’t hold our fictional characters to that standard either! Today, let’s take a look at three...
by lauralizbuckley | 25 Aug, 2020 | Writing
When setting up an antagonist for your story, you can pull from various types of villain. There are a number of tried-and-tested tropes and archetypes to look to for inspiration. In this post I’m going to cover some of the most common ones! We’ll also look a little at...
