Some thoughts on moving from first to second draft

Some thoughts on moving from first to second draft

As a counterweight to the last blog on what hasn't helped me be a better writer, here's some of the writing techniques that have worked for me over the past few months.

For this very first episode of Starship Alexandria, Emma puts forward John Wyndham’s classic SF novel The Kraken Wakes (1953) for Adrian to read and consider (published in the US as Out of the Deeps.)...

As a counterweight to the last blog on what hasn't helped me be a better writer, here's some of the writing techniques that have worked for me over the past few months.

Stokes Croft Writers Talking Tales: SCW is a writing group based in Bristol. They run TT, a regular short story, poetry & spoken word reading event.

ALT: a black cat with yellow eyes is sitting on a table

As a counterweight to the last blog on what hasn't helped me be a better writer, here's some of the writing techniques that have worked for me over the past few months.

Over the years, I've tried many tricks to get myself into the right headspace to write. Some of these have worked wonderfully, while others...not so much. I wanted to share a few of the ones that…