The thing about writing is that ideas come from everywhere and anywhere – that’s why all writing advice ever advised suggests carrying a notebook everywhere you go. I personally have two or three different ideas for different stories, novels and comics bubbling in my brain at any one time. I probably write down around 80%, and get round to executing less than half. I don’t have the time to focus on all of them, so I have to pick and choose the ones that will work best – or sometimes, the ones that will fit in with a specific brief or theme. Continue reading “Making Submission Themes Work For You”
The prompt for this week is foreshadow. So far there are lots of incredible entries showing gathering clouds before the storm, this thoughtful one about growing up… and now, my take. I’ve actually got two, because why the heck not. First, the opening to the excellent children’s book Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. This foreshadows some of what is about to happen to lead character Sophie.
And second, my newest notebook (bought on Friday when I went into Paperchase for a birthday card…). This foreshadows a trip I’m taking to Canada and the US in October, for which I figured I’d need a beautiful notebook to write my adventures down in. Perhaps said adventures will be the foundation for another children’s book in the vein of Howl – so that makes this picture a double foreshadow! Or something.
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Behold, the tower of my ideas!
It could be said that I have a bit of a notebook problem. There are 25 here, and that’s not the full set. Contents range from nothing to full and everything in between, including random scribbles on random pages (seriously, what possessed me to start writing six pages in?).
Continue reading “Too Many (Note) Books”
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I recently made a vow to start drafting things longhand.
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12 Books in 12 Months 