Writing
Let’s do some plotting
The most recent free resource pack from the National Centre for Writing focuses on PLOT and, once again, is chock full of goodies. There’s Nicola Upson on the podcast, Okechukwu Nzelu on designing the plot Read more…
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Simon K Jones is a writer based in Norwich, England specialising in serialised fiction. His debut novel A Day of Faces won a Watty Award in 2016 and he has just completed the 3-year serialised run of his follow-up The Mechanical Crown. In 2019 Simon was selected by Wattpad, the global online writing platform, to be a Wattpad Star and his How to Write Serialised Fiction guide continues to be read by emerging online writers around the world. His current book is No Adults Allowed, which can be read on Wattpad. When he’s not writing, Simon works at the National Centre for Writing at Dragon Hall in Norwich.
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The most recent free resource pack from the National Centre for Writing focuses on PLOT and, once again, is chock full of goodies. There’s Nicola Upson on the podcast, Okechukwu Nzelu on designing the plot Read more…
The National Centre for Writing has been producing free resource packs for writers every couple of months this year, kicking off in January. It’s been a lot of fun to put them together and they’re Read more…
Playing catch-up on a few interesting bits and pieces, first of which is to highlight a contribution I made to a free resource pack for writers over at the National Centre for Writing. This one Read more…
I’ve never enjoyed editing. Have avoided it like the plague, in fact. Until now.
It’s November 2016 and I write the first chapter of my new book, The Mechanical Crown. After a spot of editing, I immediately post the chapter online. The next week I write chapter two and upload that, Read more…
As a less experienced writer I used to obsess over plot. Plot was everything. This seems to be the case for a lot of people who aren’t writers, too — a common criticism of a film Read more…