It took me seven years to write my first published novel. Seven years! Okay, so I wrote another first draft in the middle, but still. Seven years. I paused half way through writing it, partly because I got distracted by another idea but partly because the story wasn’t going well. Something was wrong. Something […]

At some point, every time you start writing a new story, you will sit back and asked yourself: ‘Is my plot stupid?’ Every. Single. Time. Not even just once, either. You might end up asking this question repeatedly as you write. In between those moments when the words are flowing and you’re completely in love […]