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Creative Writing Tips Galore! Okay, I’ve got four tips for you again today. I’m obsessed with four, aren’t? I think it’s my brain’s favourite number. Anything more than four and my brain drifts away. La la la… BUT. Having said that. There is one extra tip in this week’s ep, and here it is... EXTRA TIP: If you’re new around here (hello!) …
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Dear reader!It’s been ages since I’ve reintroduced myself and I’ve made so many new friends over the past few months (across many platforms), and there have been so many changes in my life and career, that I felt it was impolite to carry on without pause for breath.I’m Jen Storer.While this little blog is fairly …
Last week I had the sudden realisation that 'the writing is going well'. Ermahgerd! How much do writers LURVE that? The Writing is Going Well. Can we put that on a t-shirt, please? Cups quietly multiplying while I'm lost in a world of make believe. Last year when I started writing this novel, I was …
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Last month in a Scribbles live call, we were discussing structure in storytelling. People often trip when it comes to structure (ahem). We tend to overthink it. We make it way more complex, more intimidating, than it needs to be. Sure, looking at story pyramids and narrative arcs and structural triangles and, erm, Jen Storer …
Cottage Diaries September 2, dear reader, and here in Australia it is day two of spring! Sprrrrrrriiiiiing! Peachy peach. A baby last year. Now look at her! Tangelos in a pot on the front verandah. Not only that, it's also warm, sunny and windy in Rrrregional Victoria and what's more it's a good drying day. …
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My Lockdown Letterbox. Or, what to do when there's nothin' to do. Pimp your letterbox!